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David Levering Lewis

 
 
David Levering Lewis Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022
1. David Levering Lewis Marker
Inscription. David Levering Lewis was granted admission to Fisk University at the age of fifteen. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Fisk in 1956. He is a two time Pulitzer Prize Winner for Biography or Autobiography, for part one and part two of his biography of W.E.B. DuBois. He is the first author to win two Pulitzer Prizes for biography in back-to-back volumes.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansEducation.
 
Location. 36° 10.13′ N, 86° 48.805′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Hadley Park. It is on Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2412 Jefferson St, Nashville TN 37208, 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 walking distance of this marker: Honorable Thelma Harper (here, next to this marker); Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Major General Leonard Randolph Jr. (here, next to this marker); Audrey Manley (here, next to this marker); Dr. John Hope Franklin (here, next to this marker); John W. Work III (here, next to this marker); General Loyd 'Fig' Newton (here, next to this marker); Perry Wallace (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.
 
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David Levering Lewis Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022
2. David Levering Lewis Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 4, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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