The city of memphis has a story with disaster and triumph memphis 101 is a one hour tour and a great way to learn about how memphis evolved since the early 1800s from its thriving cotton industry to an epidemic that almost wiped it off the map youll see churches that have been standing for centuries historic homes where high society once dwelled the citys oldest theater the park where a music genre was born and the hotel balcony where dr martin luther king jr was assassinated in