Antioch in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Alfred Z. Kelley

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 16, 2023

1. Alfred Z. Kelley Marker

Inscription. Nashville barber Alfred Z. Kelley was lead plaintiff in Kelley v. Board of Education, a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 23. 1955, on behalf of his son Robert and 20 other African American children. In December, the suit was amended to include two white children turned away from city schools. They lived in majority African American neighborhoods. Kelley sought compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 Brown ruling. Tenn.'s longest desegregation case, it was settled in April 1998.

Erected 2019 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 207.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 23, 1955.

Location. 36° 1.332′ N, 86° 39.582′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Antioch. It is on Blairfield Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal

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address: 5834 Pettus Road, Antioch TN 37013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Alice Thompson Collinsworth (approx. 1.7 miles away); Richards Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); Cane Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Antioch High School (approx. 2.4 miles away); Racial Terror Lynchings in America / Lynching of Samuel Smith (approx. 2.4 miles away); Locust Hill (approx. 3 miles away); John Bell's Birthplace (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2020

2. Alfred Z. Kelley Marker

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 8, 2020

3. Alfred Z. Kelley Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,059 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 4, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2, 3. submitted on March 9, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.