A Lull in the Fighting

Historical marker location:

Parkers Crossroads, Tennessee

( Marker is on Federal Lane, 0.2 miles east of Tennessee Route 22, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2015

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.