Jake Donelson

Historical marker location:

Cornersville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of North Park Street and North Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling east on North Park Street.)

Fighting Rooster of the Confederacy.

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.