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Booker T. Spicely

1909~1944

 
 
Booker T. Spicely Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 14, 2024
1. Booker T. Spicely Marker
Inscription. Black U.S. Army soldier shot nearby in 1944 for resisting Jim Crow laws on a bus. Aftermath of killing helped revitalize North Carolina's NAACP.
 
Erected 2023 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number G 141.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansCivil Rights. A significant historical year for this entry is 1944.
 
Location. 36° 1.039′ N, 78° 55.158′ W. Marker is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County. It is at the intersection of Broad Street and West Club Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Durham NC 27705, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and in the Research Triangle. 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 original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate
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States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: N.C. School of Science and Mathematics (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Watts Hospital II (about 500 feet away); Dorothy Kitchen: Durham Musician and Educator Extraordinaire (approx. half a mile away); Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Love, Sr. House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Emanuel J. Evans House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Leah Boddie House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Brooks-McCutcheon House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Register-Honeycutt House (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Durham.
 
Also see . . .  Booker T. Spicely. (Submitted on September 22, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)
 
Booker T. Spicely Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 14, 2024
2. Booker T. Spicely Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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