Mississippi

Historical marker location:

4023 Columbia Ave, Franklin, Tennessee

( Memorial can be reached from Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.)

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.