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

Charles Spurgeon Johnson/Robert E. Park

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Photographed by Kevin W., June 19, 2024

1. Charles Spurgeon Johnson Marker

Inscription. Charles Spurgeon Johnson
1893-1956 Charles S. Johnson joined Fisk's faculty in 1928 as professor of sociology and director of the Department of Social Sciences. In 1942. he began a series of seminars on race relations at Fisk. thereby establishing the first Race Relations Institute in the South. Johnson became Fisk University's first African American president in 1947, and he began a building program which included construction of a new social sciences building, Park Hall. After his death in 1956, it was renamed Park-Johnson Hall.
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Robert E. Park
1864-1944 In 1953 Johnson named the social science building after Dr. Robert E. Park. his former professor and advisor at the University of Chicago. Johnson invited Park to teach sociology at Fisk in 1936. At the building's dedication ceremony, Johnson said Dr. Park was "one of America's greatest social philosophers, who was devoted to this school and to its youth as to give. not just money. but his life and unpaid services for more than seven years. His stamp is unmistakably in the social science program here..."

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.

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(Marker Number 3A 158.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.

Location. 36° 10.075′ N, 86° 48.181′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Fang. It is on Phillips Street, on the right when traveling east. In front of Park Johnson Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1610 Phillips Street, 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: Richardson House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The John Wesley Work Home (about 300 feet away); Fisk Memorial Chapel (about 300

Robert E. Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin W., June 19, 2024

2. Robert E. Park Marker

feet away); The Harris Music Building (about 300 feet away); Cravath Hall (about 500 feet away); Fisk Jubilee Singers (about 500 feet away); The Formation of Fisk University (about 500 feet away); Samuel Allen McElwee (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Charles Spurgeon Johnson/Robert E. Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin W., June 19, 2024

3. Charles Spurgeon Johnson/Robert E. Park Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 292 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.