Mason Temple

Mason Temple is the foremost edifice at the world headquarters of the Church of God in Christ, which was organized in 1897 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, the son of former slaves. Built during World War II by loyal church members, it is the site of Bishop Mason's entombment and the place where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his last speech, containing the phrase "I've been to the mountaintop," on April 3, 1968, the eve of his assassination. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Memphis, Tennessee · United States