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Founders Park Banners Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, March 29, 2026
1. Founders Park Banners Marker
Inscription.
Coretta Scott King addresses the "Solidarity Day" rally during the Poor People's Campaign from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, June 19, 1968
Courtesy of Bettmann/Corbis/AP Images

Stokely Carmichael, national head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee speaks at Florida A&M University on Black Power and the Vietnam War, April 16, 1967
Courtesy of AP Images

A delegate to the National Black Political Convention raises the Black Power salute, Gary, IN, March 1972
Courtesy of Robert Abbott Sengstacke/New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Fannie Lou Hamer marches in a voter registration demonstration outside the Forest County Courthouse, Hattiesburg, MS, January 1964
Courtesy of Matt Herron/Take Stock

A striking sanitation worker marches in protest under the watch of the National Guard, Memphis, TN, April 1968
Courtesy of Special Collections/University of Memphis Libraries

Parker High School student Mattie Howard is arrested during the Birmingham Children's Crusade campaign, May 7, 1963
Courtesy of The Birmingham News

Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) poses on the US Capitol steps, March 26, 1969
Courtesy of Charles Gorry/AP Images

A group of march supporters sings before the march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights, March 1965
Courtesy of John Phillips/Baldwin Street Gallery

African Americans vote for the first time since Reconstruction in Mississippi's 1946 Democratic Primary
Courtesy of Bettmann/Corbis/AP Images

Rosa Parks sits for a mug shot following her arrest for refusing to obey Jim Crow busing laws, Montgomery, AL, December 1, 1955
Courtesy of the Montgomery Clary Archives

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. escorts students to formerly all-white schools in Grenada, MS, September 20, 1966

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A young March on Washington attendee sings amongst fellow demonstrators, Washington, DC, August 28, 1963
Courtesy of Leonard Freed/Magnum Photo
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansCivil RightsParks & Recreational AreasWomen. In addition, it is included in the Martin Luther King, Jr. series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1964.
 
Location. 35° 8.076′ N, 90° 3.484′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is on Mulberry Street north of Butler Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Memphis TN 38103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate
Founders Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, March 29, 2026
2. Founders Park
States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Founders Park (here, next to this marker); The Lorraine Motel (within shouting distance of this marker); Lorraine Motel Vintage Cars (within shouting distance of this marker); Here, on April 4, 1968 … / … Today, a Place of Remembrance (within shouting distance of this marker); Martin Luther King, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome To The National Civil Rights Museum (within shouting distance of this marker); The Blues Foundation (within shouting distance of this marker); WLOK Radio Station (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.
 
More about this marker. The banners referenced on this sign did not seem to be in place when visited in March 2026.
 
View of Founders Park from the National Civil Rights Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, March 29, 2026
3. View of Founders Park from the National Civil Rights Museum
Martin Luther King was standing on the balcony near here when he was fatally shot on April 4, 1968.
View of the National Civil Rights Museum from Founders Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, March 29, 2026
4. View of the National Civil Rights Museum from Founders Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 9, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
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Jul. 30, 2026