West Meade

Historical marker location:

6204 Old Harding Pike, Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is on Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) west of Old Harding Pike, on the right when traveling west.)

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.