Schofield

Historical marker location:

Pulaski, Tennessee

( Marker is on Columbia Highway (U.S. 31) south of Mc Carey Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Nov. 22, 1864.

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.