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Three Grand Divisions, Wilma Rudolph and Elvis Presley and city dwellers.

 
 
Three Grand Divisions, Wilma Rudolph and Elvis Presley and city dwellers. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, February 5, 2023
1. Three Grand Divisions, Wilma Rudolph and Elvis Presley and city dwellers. Marker
Inscription. In the three grand divisions of the state, civil rights struggles over education, eating facilities, and voting rights mirrored the nation. Olympian Wilma Rudolph and music icon Elvis Presley captured America's attention. Tennessee city dwellers for the first time outnumbered their "country cousins."
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicCivil RightsSports.
 
Location. 36° 10.325′ N, 86° 47.333′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in North Capitol. It is on 7th Avenue North, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1966 7th Ave N, 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
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of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Sam Phillip's Sun Studio (here, next to this marker); Elvis Presley (here, next to this marker); National Guard in Clinton 1956 and Bobby Cain in 1957 (here, next to this marker); Rosa Parks (here, next to this marker); Charles L. Bartlett (here, next to this marker); United Methodist Publishing House (here, next to this marker); Nashville's Life and Casualty Tower (here, next to this marker); Tennessee Wesleyan College (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.
 
Three Grand Divisions, Wilma Rudolph and Elvis Presley and city dwellers. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, February 5, 2023
2. Three Grand Divisions, Wilma Rudolph and Elvis Presley and city dwellers. Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 234 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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