Lest We Forget: The Middle Passage

Historical marker location:

600 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard east of 7th Avenue North, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1999

C. 1444-1860.

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.