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Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 10, 2022

While Memphis’ National Civil Rights Museum and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music are noteworthy institutions, the Commercial Appeal suggests five lesser-known landmarks you can visit in honor of Black History Month. Included on the list is the Mason Temple, the 8,000-seat church in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech on April 3, 1968 – the day before his assassination. Next, visit the historical marker on Union that commemorates the longtime home of AM radio station WDIA, which in 1949 became the first radio station in the U.S. aimed entirely at Black audiences. Also on the list is Zion Christian Cemetery, a 15-acre site that is the oldest cemetery in Memphis devoted to African Americans in the region, and reportedly contains close to 30,000 graves. Read the full list from the Commercial Appeal.