Historical Marker
In 1865
Historical marker location:
5025 Harding Road (Entrance to the Plantation), Nashville, Tennessee
( Reported permanently removed.)
[Belle Meade Farm Freedom]. Belle Meade Plantation.
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.