Elizabeth Atchison Eakin

Historical marker location:

2411 Fairfax Ave, Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Fairfax Avenue and 25th Avenue South, on the right when traveling west on Fairfax Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2019

1858-1936.

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.