Ceremony for Tyre Nichols held at Mason Temple Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final speech

Before Tyre Nichols' funeral on Wednesday, a press conference was held at the Mason Temple Church – a historic site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final speech on the eve of his assassination.

Nichols, who died earlier this month following a violent arrest at the hands of several Memphis police officers, was remembered by family, friends and civil rights leaders, including Al Sharpton, on Tuesday night. 

Mason Temple was focal point for civil rights activities during the 1950s and 1960s, according to the National Parks Service (NPS). King delivered his iconic "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech at the church on April 3, 1968. The next day, he was killed.