Hardscuffle Community

Historical marker location:

9020 Church St E, Brentwood, Tennessee

( Marker is on Church Street East east of Summit View Place, in the median.)

Marker installed: 1993

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.