Built 1947

Historical marker location:

121 North Jefferson Street, Winchester, Tennessee

( Marker is on North Jefferson Street south of 2nd Avenue NE, on the right when traveling south.)

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.