1321 Main Street

Historical marker location:

1321 W Main St, Humboldt, Tennessee

( Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 70A/79) west of North 14th Avenue, 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.