MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson gave the Memphis Tigers a personal history lesson before the team left for the Final Four.

Jackson is in Memphis for the 40th anniversary commemoration of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He met with the Tigers before they flew to San Antonio to face UCLA on Saturday and watched some of practice.

Coach John Calipari already had printed copies of King's biography and planned to read King's "I Have a Dream" speech with the Tigers before leaving Memphis.

Jackson was in the parking lot when King was shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. The civil right activist called and asked to visit the team.