Mandy Barnett

Historical marker location:

2 North Main Street, Crossville, Tennessee

( Marker is on North Main Street (U.S. 127) north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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.