Historical Marker
Location and Capacity
Historical marker location:
1265 Hales Bar Road, Guild, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from Serodino Road, 0.1 miles west of Hale's Bar Road, on the left when traveling west.)
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.