W.C. Handy Monument, Memphis TN

Blues man W.C. Handy, known as the father of the Blues, is memoralized by this bronze statue in the W.C. Handy Performing Arts Park located in the heart of the Memphis Beale Street Historic District. Music festivals and occassional impromptu jam sessions by local talent are held here.
Related Links:
PBS Series, Honky Tonks, Hymns & The Blues
W.C. Handy Music Festival
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National Civil Right Museum & Lorraine Motel, Memphis TN

It is built around the former Lorraine Motel at 450 Mulberry Street where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the National Civil Rights Museum. The exhibits of the museum tell the story of the struggle for African American civil rights from the arrival of the first Africans in the British colonies [...]

Memphis Rock N Soul Museum, Memphis TN

Located at the legendary intersection of Highway 61 ant the Blues Highway, Beale Street and Beale Street, the Rock N’ Soul Museum of Memphis features the Smithsonian Institution exhibit, “Rock ‘n Soul: Social Crossroads,” artifacts, pictures, text and music chronicling the artists and the music that shaped the legacy of the “Memphis Sound. Also be [...]

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