Dyersburg in Dyer County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Mrs. Rosa M. Parks

Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Photographed by Judith Barber, February 5, 2013

1. Mrs. Rosa M. Parks Marker

Inscription. Mrs. Rosa McCauley Parks (1913–2005). She was tired; her feet ached. The year was 1955 in the month of December when this seamstress was returning home on the Cleveland Street bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was ordered to give up her seat to a white man. When she remained seated, that simple decision eventually led to the disintegration of institutionalized segregation in the south, ushering in a new era of the civil rights movement.

The Citizens of Dyersburg, Tennessee gratefully acknowledge how far we’ve come and how much better we can be if we step beyond the shackles of the past.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1955.

Location. 36° 0.396′ N, 89° 23.9′ W. Marker is in Dyersburg, Tennessee, in Dyer County. It is at the intersection of Bypass U.S. 51 and South Main Avenue (Business Tennessee Route 3), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 51Bypass . Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dyersburg TN 38024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker

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is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Three Phase Padmount Transformer (approx. 1.9 miles away); Dyer County WWII Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); 1st Lt. James Alton Gardner (approx. 1.9 miles away); Dyer County Walk of Fame (approx. 1.9 miles away); Dyer County Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Dyer County Confederate Memorial Plaques (approx. 1.9 miles away); Dyer County Korean War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Col. Robert Henry Dyer (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dyersburg.

Photographed by Judith Barber, February 5, 2013

2. Mrs. Rosa M. Parks Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2013, by Judith Barber of Marietta, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,466 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 9, 2013, by Judith Barber of Marietta, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.