BALTIMORE, M aryland
throughout the mid 20th century.
•Roots & Wings
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MEMPHIS, TENESSEE
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134$ Carter Hill Aoad
This magnificent structure houses an
MUSEUMS
•Maryland Historical
Society Museum and
Library
201 W
Monument Street
410 485-3750
•Log Cabin Restaurant
8124 Washington Boulevard
410 799-9874
409 North Charles Street
410 394-1300
•Great Blacks in Wax
Museum
1401 E. North Avenue
410 543-3404
•Maryland Museum of
African Art
•Benny's
2701 Charles Street
An Museum Drive
410 394-4310
•Phyllis’ Caribbean/
American Cuisine
119 West Jeff Davis Avenue
The museum showcases many special
events in the area and features pho
E N T E R T A IN M E N T /
N IG H T L IF E
•Bertha’s
734 S. Broadway Street
410 327-5795
tographs and history of the Civil
172 Beale Street
RESTAURANTS
•M artha’s Place
•Memphis is home of the Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church, which has close to 875,000 mem
bers worldwide
•Memphis is the home of the country’s largest
African-American parade, the Cotton Maker’s Jubilee
•Davis Cafe
•The Memphis Musicians Union, founded in 1873, is
the oldest musicians union in the country
$18 N. Decatur Street
20$ 244-401$
Biddle Street
•Famous Lannie’s BBQ
993 West South Boulevard
20$ 284-9709
•Topside
410 332-4191
1004 Galesville Aoad
410 847-1321
•Harborplace
•Hall Street Sandwich
Shop
1517 Hall Street
•Mama Smilardo’s
•Maryland Science Center
401 light Street
•Last Chance Saloon
S888A Aobert Oliver Place
410 730-5454
•Silver Shadows
Soil Conservation Aoad. Building 88
55SO Sterrett Place
301 284-8911
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•The Universal Life Insurance Company, one of the
largest Black insurance companies in the nation, was
founded in 1923 in Memphis
•Pierce’s Country Kitchen
847 N. University Drive
410 M S-S22S
•In 1913, ’Memphis Blues’, by W.C. Handy, was the
first Blues song ever published
•Memphis is the home of the only African-American
ever to win an Academy Award for Best Song: Isaac
Hayes, for the movie ’Shaft’
205 244-9344
8323 Bayside Avenue
410 855-8348
2110 N. Charles Street
410 S2B-I4S5
20$ 249-1147
E N T E R T A IN M E N T /
N IG H T L IF E
•Sou La Terre
•First Baptist Church Beale Street in Memphis was the
south's first brick church constructed by a Black con
gregation
82 Commerce Street
205 249-9754
• 1048 Jazz
1048 East Fairview Avenue
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ALABAMA
•B ram ells Caribbean
Kitchen
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410 327-244$
•Nyammin’s Karibi Kafe
322 N Charles Street
418-783-1533
•Eager House
IS W Eager Street
410 713-4241
•Jordan’s Rooftop
13801 Coastal Highway
410 250-1847
•Tuskegee lnn\Tiger
Lounge
20$ 727-5400
Movement
•Dr. E.D. Nixon Home
447 Clinton Street
•Sammy’s Diplomat
Lounge
Nationally recognued as a pioneer of
3951 Norman Bridge Aoad
the modem Civil Aights Movement
Dr Nnon posted bail for segregation
(Aamada Hui)
20$ 288-1120
law violator Aosa Parks In her
defense. Dr Nnon gathered the sup
port of Montgomery Blacks in imple
menting the successful I9SS-S4
Montgomery Bus Boycott In spite of
the bombing of his home and count
less threats against his life. Nnon
persistently fought racial segregation
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20$ 834-1048
1-8$ 8 Alabama Highway 81
1423 E Baltimore Street
for the use of pictures and info
rmation provided.
Credits:
PUBLISHERS, INC.
Michael A. House,
President
Kent Carthan,
Associate Advertising A/lanager
Marcia A. Harris,
Project Coordinator.
Researcher, Editor
saki, mafundikwa,
•The buying power of Blacks in Memphis exceeds
$2 billion
RESTAURANTS
•Restaurant 2110
Special Thanks to the Convention
AMALGAMATED
•Society Hill Hotel
58 W
Slave Haven, Underground
Room, Memphis
and Visitón Bureau in each city
458 Sayre Street
20$ 243-913$
410 444-1041
DOW N HO M E FACTS:
•Memphis is the home of The Church of God in Christ,
which has nearly four million members worldwide
Aights Movement in Montgomery
•Sportsman’s Lounge
Calven & Pratt Streets
•NASA/Goddard Visitor
Center and Museum
•Strange Cargo
•World Heritage Museum
410 425-5733
•Gallery at Harborplace
410 332-4191
149 Beale Street
901 524-5047
the year. The works of nationally
and internationally famous African-
2101 Charles Street
410 837-3430
200 East Pratt Street
and adults are scheduled throughout
•Memphis Music Shop
and Souvenirs
901 $25-1514
4723 Gwynnoak Avenue
•Baltimore Museum of
Art
and graphic arts. Lectures, films, and
American writers are displayed.
S430 Vantage Point Aoad
410 730-710$
store. It showcases Black painting
educational programs for children
410 344-7774
•Eubie Blake Museum
and Cultural Center
art gallery, theater, and a book
At right is the late Ed Nixon
whose Collection is at
Alabama State University
a rt direction a n d design
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