Beauford Delaney / Joseph Delaney

Historical marker location:

501 East Summit Hill Drive Southeast, Knoxville, Tennessee

( Marker is on East Summit Hill Drive Southeast east of Patton Street, on the left when traveling east.)

1901-1979 / 1904-1991.

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.