New York

Historical marker location:

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from Shingle Road, 0.1 miles north of Military Road.)

Marker installed: 1899

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.