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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EDJ_metropolitan-inter-faith-association_Memphis-TN.html
Metropolitan Inter~Faith Association. . On September 15, 1968, thirty clergy and lay people from different congregations and different races established MIFA. For decades before, faith leaders had considered ways the community could unite, but aft…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26U4_peoples-grocery_Memphis-TN.html
Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart, all African-Americans and co-owners of People's Grocery (located at this site), were arrested in connection with a disturbance near their store. Rather than being brought to trial, they were lynched …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26TV_dr-joseph-edison-walker_Memphis-TN.html
In 1923, Dr. J.E. Walker co-founded and was the first president of Universal Life Insurance Company, established in Memphis. A physician by training, he helped organize the old Memphis Negro Chamber of Commerce in 1926. Walker served as president …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2158_owen-college_Memphis-TN.html
In 1946, the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention, a negro religious group, purchased twelve acres of ground and buildings at Vance Avenue and Orleans Street for $375,000 to begin a school. In 1954, Owen College, a two year inst…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM214Y_r-s-lewis-sons-funeral-home_Memphis-TN.html
Founded in 1914 by Robert Stevenson Lewis Sr. and later operated by sons Robert Jr. and Clarence, the family business became committed to improving the quality of life for African-Americans in the community. Among their achievements, in the 1920s …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OA7_mason-temple_Memphis-TN.html
This temple serves as foremost edifice at the world headquarters of the Church of God in Christ which was organized in 1897 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason, son of former slaves. Built during World War II by the loyal members of the Church, Mason…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OA6_t-h-hayes-and-sons-funeral-home_Memphis-TN.html
Founded in 1902 by Thomas H. Hayes, Sr., T.H. Hayes and Sons Funeral Home is Memphis' oldest black business. Originally on Poplar, the business moved to Lauderdale in 1918. Hayes was active in the National Negro Business League founded by Booker T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OA5_first-baptist-church-lauderdale_Memphis-TN.html
Front Originally known as Beale Street Baptists Church First Baptist Church, Lauderdale began in 1865 as the first black Baptist church in West Tennessee. In 1877, it split from Beale Street Baptists. Through a legal action in 1894, it was auth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OA4_lucie-eddie-campbell_Memphis-TN.html
Front Born in Duck Hill, Mississippi, in 1885, the youngest of seven children, Lucie E. Campbell moved to Memphis and was educated in the Memphis public schools. She graduated as valedictorian from Kortrecht High School (later Booker T. W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OA3_booker-t-washington-high-school_Memphis-TN.html
From a two-room, two-teacher structure known as Clay Street School, Booker T. Washington High School evolved as the first public high school for black students in Memphis. About 1911, the school was relocated to an abandoned building on Webster Av…
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