I-435 West KC-KS in Kansas City in Wyandotte County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Frank Marshall Davis

Social Realist Poet, Prose Writer, Journalist

— December 31, 1905 • Arkansas City, Kansas —

Frank Marshall Davis Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Jason Voigt, May 25, 2022

1. Frank Marshall Davis Marker

Inscription. At age eight, Frank Marshall Davis discovered the blues. The music affirmed and sustained him, and helped him translate his experience. After attending Kansas State University, Davis wrote major collections of poetry including I Am the American Negro (1937) and 47th Street Poems (1948), all popular during the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s. For 30 years Davis wrote for and edited numerous publications, including Chicago's Evening Bulletin, Whip, and Star, the Atlanta World and the Associated Negro Press.

Erected by Legends Outlets.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Entertainment.

Location. 39° 7.612′ N, 94° 49.414′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Kansas, in Wyandotte County. It is in I-435 West KC-KS. Marker can be reached from Village West Parkway. Marker is on the grounds of Kansas Legends Outlets shopping/entertainment complex. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1815 Village West Pkwy, Kansas City KS 66109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. William Inge (a few steps from this marker); John Cameron Swayze (a few steps from this marker); Damon Runyon

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Susanna Madora Salter (within shouting distance of this marker); John Steuart Curry (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert Merrell Gage (within shouting distance of this marker); William Allen White (within shouting distance of this marker); William C. Menninger, MD (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.

More about this marker. This is one of several sidewalk plaques placed on the grounds of Kansas Legends Outlets shopping/entertainment complex, which highlight notable people and inventions that came from the state of Kansas.

Also see . . . Frank Marshall Davis on Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 22, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed By Jason Voigt, May 25, 2022

2. Frank Marshall Davis Marker

Marker is on the grounds of Kansas Legends Outlets complex.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 22, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.