Coffee County / Grundy County

Historical marker location:

74 Hillsboro Highway, Pelham, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Hillsboro Highway (U.S. 41) and Tyree Cove Road, on the right when traveling south on Hillsboro Highway.)

The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was staying, is now the National Civil Rights Museum.