Built 1958

Historical marker location:

120 North Jefferson Street, Winchester, Tennessee

( Marker is on North Jefferson Street north of 1st Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north.)

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.