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History of Memphis, Tennessee and Memphis, Tennessee

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Difference between History of Memphis, Tennessee and Memphis, Tennessee

History of Memphis, Tennessee vs. Memphis, Tennessee

The history of Memphis, Tennessee and its area began many thousands of years ago with succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples. Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Similarities between History of Memphis, Tennessee and Memphis, Tennessee

History of Memphis, Tennessee and Memphis, Tennessee have 116 things in common (in Unionpedia): Al Green, Alex Chilton, American Civil War, Andrew Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., At-large, B.B. King, Barbecue, Beale Street, Blues, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Booker T. Jones, Burkle Estate, Carl Perkins, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Christian Brothers University, City Beautiful movement, Civil rights movement, Confederate States of America, Crittenden County, Arkansas, Danny Thomas, Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era, Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, E. H. Crump, Egypt, Elvis Presley, Eric Gales, FedEx, ..., First Battle of Memphis, Germantown, Tennessee, Gospel music, Great Famine (Ireland), Hernando de Soto, Home rule, Howlin' Wolf, I've Been to the Mountaintop, Isaac Hayes, James Winchester, Jay Reatard, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Overton (judge), Johnny Cash, Justin Timberlake, LeMoyne–Owen College, Little Rock, Arkansas, Living wage, Martin Luther King Jr., Mason Temple, Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis College of Art, Memphis in May, Memphis International Airport, Memphis metropolitan area, Memphis riots of 1866, Memphis sanitation strike, Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Egypt, Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, Millington, Tennessee, Millington-Memphis Airport, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi River, Mississippian culture, Missouri River, Muddy Waters, Mule, Nashville, Tennessee, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Civil Rights Museum, Native Americans in the United States, Nile, North Carolina, Otis Redding, Overton Park, Peabody Hotel, Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium, Political machine, President's Island, Pulitzer Prize, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Rhodes College, Robert Johnson, Roy Orbison, Rufus Thomas, Sam & Dave, Sam Phillips, Shelby County, Tennessee, Slavery in the United States, Soul music, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Southern United States, Spot market, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Stax Records, Steamboat, The Sylvers, Three 6 Mafia, Tipton County, Tennessee, Tom Lee Park, Union (American Civil War), Union Army, United States Census Bureau, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Victorian Village, Memphis, W. C. Handy, West Memphis, Arkansas, William Bell (singer), Wolf River (Tennessee), Yellow fever, Zach Myers. Expand index (86 more) »

Al Green

Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), often known as The Reverend Al Green, is an African American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together".

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Alex Chilton

William Alexander "Alex" Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, best known as the lead singer of The Box Tops and Big Star.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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At-large

At-large is a designation for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset of that membership.

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B.B. King

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.

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Barbecue

Barbecue or barbeque (informally BBQ or barbie) is a cooking method, a style of food, and a name for a meal or gathering at which this style of food is cooked and served.

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Beale Street

Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Booker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental R&B/funk band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul.

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Booker T. Jones

Booker Taliaferro Jones, Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s.

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Burkle Estate

The Burkle Estate is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Carl Perkins

Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)Pareles. was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954.

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Chickasaw

The Chickasaw are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Choctaw

The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta)Common misspellings and variations in other languages include Chacta, Tchakta and Chocktaw.

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Christian Brothers University

Christian Brothers University is the oldest collegiate degree-granting institution in the city of Memphis.

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City Beautiful movement

The City Beautiful Movement was a reform philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning that flourished during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur in cities.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement (also known as the African-American civil rights movement, American civil rights movement and other terms) was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Crittenden County, Arkansas

Crittenden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian, singer, actor, and producer whose career spanned five decades.

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Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era

Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era in the United States of America was based on a series of laws, new constitutions, and practices in the South that were deliberately used to prevent black citizens from registering to vote and voting.

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Downtown Memphis, Tennessee

Downtown Memphis, Tennessee is the central business district of Memphis, Tennessee and is located along the Mississippi River between Interstate 40 to the north, Interstate 55 to the south and I-240 to the east, where it abuts Midtown Memphis.

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E. H. Crump

Edward Hull "Boss" Crump (October 2, 1874 – October 16, 1954) was an American politician from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Eric Gales

Eric Gales (born October 29, 1974), also known as Raw Dawg, is an American blues-rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy.

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FedEx

FedEx Corporation is an American multinational courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

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First Battle of Memphis

The First Battle of Memphis was a naval battle fought on the Mississippi River immediately above the city of Memphis on June 6, 1862, during the American Civil War.

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Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto (1495 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first Spanish and European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas).

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Home rule

Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.

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Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi.

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I've Been to the Mountaintop

"I've Been to the Mountaintop" is the popular name of the last speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. at Stanford University, including transcript of audience responses.

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Isaac Hayes

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and producer.

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James Winchester

James Winchester (February 26, 1752 – July 26, 1826) was an officer in the American Revolutionary War and a brigadier general during the War of 1812.

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Jay Reatard

James Lee Lindsey Jr. (May 1, 1980 – January 13, 2010), better known by the stage name Jay Reatard, was an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer.

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John Overton (judge)

John Overton (April 9, 1766 – April 12, 1833) was an American planter, advisor of Andrew Jackson, a judge at the Superior Court of Tennessee, a banker and political leader.

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Johnny Cash

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author.

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.

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LeMoyne–Owen College

LeMoyne–Owen College (LOC or simply "LeMoyne") is a fully accredited, four-year private historically black college located in Memphis, Tennessee, affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

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Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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Living wage

A living wage is the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968.

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Mason Temple

Mason Temple, in Memphis, Tennessee, is a Christian international sanctuary and central headquarters of the Church of God in Christ, the largest African American Pentecostal group in the world.

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Memphis and Charleston Railroad

The Memphis and Charleston Railroad, completed in 1857, was the first railroad in the United States to link the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River.

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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Memphis College of Art

Memphis College of Art, known before 1985 as the Memphis Academy of Art and first established as James Lee Memorial Art Academy in the James Lee House, is a small, private college of art and design located in Memphis, Tennessee's Overton Park adjacent to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

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Memphis in May

Memphis in May International Festival is a month-long festival held in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Memphis International Airport

Memphis International Airport is a civil-military airport seven miles (11.2 km) southeast of downtown Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

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Memphis metropolitan area

The Memphis–Forrest City Combined Statistical Area, TN–MS–AR (CSA) is the commercial and cultural hub of The Mid-South or Ark-Miss-Tenn.

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Memphis riots of 1866

The Memphis massacre of 1866 was a series of violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3, 1866 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Memphis sanitation strike

The Memphis sanitation strike began in February 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Memphis Zoo

The Memphis Zoo, located in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, United States, is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species.

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Memphis, Egypt

Memphis (مَنْف; ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Μέμφις) was the ancient capital of Aneb-Hetch, the first nome of Lower Egypt.

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Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee

Midtown Memphis, Tennessee is a collection of neighborhoods to the east of Downtown.

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Millington, Tennessee

Millington is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

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Millington-Memphis Airport

Millington-Memphis Airport, formerly known as Millington Municipal Airport or Millington Regional Jetport, is a public airport in the city of Millington, in Shelby County, Tennessee, USA.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mississippi Delta

The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi (and small portions of Arkansas and Louisiana) which lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Mississippian culture

The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally.

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Missouri River

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.

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Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician who is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".

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Mule

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare).

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877), called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a cotton farmer, slave owner, slave trader, Confederate Army general during the American Civil War, first leader of the Ku Klux Klan, and president of the Selma, Marion, & Memphis Railroad.

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National Civil Rights Museum

The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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Nile

The Nile River (النيل, Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl, Standard Arabic an-Nīl; ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ, P(h)iaro; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ'pī and Jtrw; Biblical Hebrew:, Ha-Ye'or or, Ha-Shiḥor) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is commonly regarded as the longest river in the world, though some sources cite the Amazon River as the longest.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Otis Redding

Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout.

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Overton Park

Overton Park is a large, public park in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee.

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Peabody Hotel

The Peabody Memphis is a luxury hotel in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee.

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Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium

The Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium in Memphis, Tennessee, serves as the Mid-South's major science and historical museum and features exhibits ranging from archeology to chemistry.

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Political machine

A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.

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President's Island

President's Island is a peninsula on the Mississippi River in southwest Memphis, Tennessee.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle (November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687) was a French explorer.

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Rhodes College

Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

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Robert Johnson

Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician.

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Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark emotional ballads.

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Rufus Thomas

Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Sam & Dave

Sam & Dave were an American soul and R&B duo who performed together from 1961 until 1981.

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Sam Phillips

Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer who played an important role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s.

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Shelby County, Tennessee

Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Slavery in the United States

Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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Spot market

The spot market or cash market is a public financial market in which financial instruments or commodities are traded for immediate delivery.

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Stax Records

Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Steamboat

A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.

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The Sylvers

The Sylvers are an American R&B/Soul family vocal group from Watts, Los Angeles, California.

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Three 6 Mafia

Three 6 Mafia was an American hip hop group formed in 1991 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Tipton County, Tennessee

Tipton County is a county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Mississippi Delta region.

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Tom Lee Park

Tom Lee Park is a city park located to the immediate west of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, overlooking the Mississippi River.

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Union (American Civil War)

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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University of Memphis

The University of Memphis, also called The U of M, is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee.

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University of Tennessee College of Dentistry

The University of Tennessee College of Dentistry is the dental school of the University of Tennessee.

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis includes the, Dentistry,, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.

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Victorian Village, Memphis

The Victorian Village District is an area of Memphis, Tennessee.

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W. C. Handy

William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a composer and musician, known as the Father of the Blues.

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West Memphis, Arkansas

West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States.

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William Bell (singer)

William Bell (born William Yarbrough; July 16, 1939) is an American soul singer and songwriter.

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Wolf River (Tennessee)

The Wolf River is a alluvial stream in western Tennessee and northern Mississippi, whose confluence with the Mississippi River was the site of various Chickasaw, French, Spanish and American communities that eventually became Memphis, Tennessee.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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Zach Myers

Zach Myers (Born; Michael Zachery Myers November 7, 1983) was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

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History of Memphis, Tennessee and Memphis, Tennessee Comparison

History of Memphis, Tennessee has 221 relations, while Memphis, Tennessee has 636. As they have in common 116, the Jaccard index is 13.54% = 116 / (221 + 636).

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