Alabama

Historical marker location:

4023 Columbia Ave, Franklin, Tennessee

( Memorial can be reached from Columbia Avenue, 0.2 miles south of Mack C Hatcher Memorial Parkway, on the right when traveling south.)

We Dare Defend Our Rights.

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.