The Ell Persons Lynching Site in Memphis, Tennessee, marks the location where Ell Persons was brutally lynched in 1917. It serves as a somber memorial to this act of racial terror and injustice. The site preserves the memory of a victim of mob violence and the systemic racism of the era.
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Politics/Government; Architecture; Religion
Adams And Washington Aves., Memphis, Tennessee
Industry
46 Keel Ave., 700 N Front & 701 N Main Sts., Memphis, Tennessee
Commerce; Architecture
919 Coward Pl., Memphis, Tennessee
Architecture
1325 Lamar Ave., Memphis, Tennessee
Architecture; Ethnic Heritage-other-ethnic
120 East Yates Road North, Memphis, Tennessee
Architecture
1397 Central Ave., Memphis, Tennessee
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Engineering; Industry; Commerce
Ivydale & Water Plant Rds., Coke Oven Ln., Lafollette, Tennessee
Archeology-historic Non-aboriginal; Ethnic Heritage-black; Politics/Government
1020 Jackson Hill Rd., Burns, Tennessee
Ethnic Heritage-black; Landscape Architecture
875 Dartmouth St., Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ethnic Heritage-black; Landscape Architecture; Social History
306 Rowe Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ethnic Heritage-native American; Social History
8100 Block Of Tn 60, Georgetown, Tennessee
Ethnic Heritage-black; Landscape Architecture
951 Cumberland Dr., Clarksville, Tennessee