The story
Dr. King delivered his prophetic 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech here the night before his assassination.
Everything that was here
- 1945–present · still open
Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ)Church
Dr. King delivered his prophetic 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech here the night before his assassination.
See the map in 1946 → - 1945–present · still open
Mason TempleChurch
Dr. King delivered his prophetic 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech here during a thunderstorm—and was assassinated the next day.
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Nearby history
The Four Way Restaurant
998 Mississippi Boulevard · 985 m away
Soulsville's Four Way was one of a few Memphis restaurants where Black and white diners sat together in the early 1960s,
Justine's Restaurant (Anderson-Coward House)
919 Coward Place, Memphis, TN 38126 · 1.2 km away
The Four Way (Four Way Grill)
998 Mississippi Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38126 · 1.2 km away
Soulsville's Four Way was one of a few Memphis restaurants where Black and white diners sat together in the early 1960s,
Royal Studios (Hi Records)
1320 Willie Mitchell Boulevard · 1.3 km away
Lorraine Motel (National Civil Rights Museum)
450 Mulberry Street · 1.6 km away
Clayborn Temple
294 Hernando Street · 1.7 km away
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