Historical Marker
Highland View
Historical marker location:
Brentwood, Tennessee
( Marker is on Highland Road just west of Muray Lane, on the right when traveling west.)
1828-1927.
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.