Knoxville

Historical marker location:

300 Main Street Southwest, Knoxville, Tennessee

( Marker is on South Gay Street south of Main Street Southwest, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1949

First Capital of Tennessee. 1796-1807, 1807-1812, 1817-1818.

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.