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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B5S_the-birthplace-east-tupelo-1935-1948_Tupelo-MS.html
The Birthplace
The Elvis Presley Birthplace Park was begun with proceeds Elvis donated from his 1957 concert at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair. Unchanged since it was built in the 1930's, the two-room birthplace sat unoccupied and in poor repair. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B5I_first-presbyterian-church-usa_Tupelo-MS.html
First Presbyterian Church of Tupelo was founded in 1867 with twenty-five charter members and has worshipped at this site since 1905. After a tornado destroyed the church building in 1936, it was rebuilt using native sandstone and dedicated in 1938…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWR_town-creek-tupelo-encampment-camp-life-in-tupelo-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
Town Creek Tupelo Encampment
Throughout the Civil War, the Tupelo area was ideal for large numbers of troops to camp, train and recuperate from sickness, wounds and fatigue. There was an abundance of clean water and of billy land was covered wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWQ_sit-ins-led-to-civil-rights-act-of-1964-f-w-woolworth-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
Sit-Ins Led to Civil Rights Act of 1964
During the 1960s, F. W. Woolworth Company operated lunch counters at its "five-and-dime stores" on a "local custom" basis - meaning racially segregated seating in the Southern United States. As the moveme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWP_the-battle-of-kings-creek-the-campaign-to-take-vicksburg-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
The Battle of King's Creek
The campaign to take Vicksburg and control of the Mississippi River
had begun. On May 5, 1863, mounted infantry and cavalry units of the
Federal Ninth Illinois, Tenth Missouri and Seventh Kansas, under the
command …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWL_robins-field-high-school-football-during-segregation-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
Robins Field
Built in 1927, Robins Field was named for former Tupelo Mayor D.W. Robins and served as the Tupelo Schools' football field until 1991. On Friday nights, the all-white Tupelo High School Golden Wave football team played here, while …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWK_spring-hill-missionary-baptist-church-a-strong-voice-in-the-civil-rights-struggle-in-tupelo-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Established approximately during the 1850s, Spring Hill Missionary
Baptist Church is the oldest African-American Church in Tupelo, The
original sanctuary, still standing today, was completed in 1921 and i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWJ_the-green-street-business-district-social-hub-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
The Green Street Business District
The Green Street business district was the hub of the black community in the early part of the century, up to and beyond desegregation. The area from Barnes Street to Spring Street housed the majority of black…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWI_carver-school-desegregation-of-schools-across-the-south-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
Carver School
Named for Dr. George Washington Carver, Carver School was built in 1939 to
serve the educational Tupelo's African-American children Carver, along with local churches, was the center of social activities for the African-American c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWH_the-dixie-bell-theater-the-march-of-discontent-historical_Tupelo-MS.html
The Dixie Bell Theater
The rights of African-Americans during Reconstruction were greatly increased, and passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution and the Civil Rights Acts of 1875 seemed to promis…