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

Reverend Kelly Miller Smith

Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022

1. Reverend Kelly Miller Smith Marker

Inscription. Rev. Smith became pastor of First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill in 1951, a post he would retain until his death in 1984. He was president of the Nashville NAACP in 1956 and founded the Nashville Christian Leadership Council in 1958. He also helped to organize and support the local student sit-in movement. In 1969, Rev. Smith became Assistant Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School, after his death Vanderbilt named the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on the Black Church in his memory.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Churches & Religion • Civil Rights.

Location. 36° 10.141′ N, 86° 48.813′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Hadley Park. Marker is on Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2412 Jefferson St, Nashville TN 37208, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Fisk University Jubliee Singers (here, next to this marker); WLAC Radio (here, next to this marker); Richard Henry Boyd (here, next to this marker); The Fairfield Four (here, next to this marker); Dr. George Brooks, Sr. (here, next to this marker); Bishop Dr. Michael Lee Graves

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(here, next to this marker); The McCrary Sisters (here, next to this marker); The Tennessee State University Marching Band "The Aristocrats" (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, November 5, 2022

2. Reverend Kelly Miller Smith Marker

Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, August 25, 2022

3. Reverend Kelly Miller Smith 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 66 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 4, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2. submitted on November 5, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 3. submitted on November 4, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.