Minister's Home / Dr. Martin Luther King

Historical marker location:

350 South Jackson Street, Montgomery, Alabama

( Marker is on South Jackson Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1993

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.

The first known use of the phrase "Roll Tide" was in a 1907 Birmingham News article that referred to the University of Alabama football team. The phrase became a rallying cry for Alabama football fans and is still used today.