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

Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022

1. Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Marker

Inscription. Dr. Watkins graduated from Tennessee State University in 1966. He majored in biology and was the student body president. He went on to integrate the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, becoming the first black to graduate from that institution. In 1980, he performed the first implantation of an automatic defibrillator into a human heart. Dr. Watkins is now the Associate Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a full Professor of Cardiac Surgery.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Science & Medicine.

Location. 36° 10.13′ N, 86° 48.806′ 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: Major General Leonard Randolph Jr. (here, next to this marker); David Levering Lewis (here, next to this marker); Dr. John Hope Franklin (here, next to this marker); Honorable Thelma Harper (here, next to this marker); Audrey Manley (here, next to this marker); General Loyd 'Fig' Newton

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(here, next to this marker); John W. Work III (here, next to this marker); Perry Wallace (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022

2. Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. 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 186 times since then and 16 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.