Hollywood Cemetery Memphis

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Site Brief:

Founded: 1909

Location: Memphis, FL

Additional name(s): N/A

Affiliate group(s): N/A

 

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History:

Hollywood Cemetery in Memphis Tennessee is the resting place of two well known Blues musicians, Furry Lewis and Frank Stokes. It is also the resting place many Memphis Sanitation Workers who were on strike when Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968. This cemetery has great historical significance.

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Resource links:

• hollywoodcemeterymemphis.art

• https://mlk50.com/2024/05/27/memphis-unmet-promise-leaves-black-burial-sites-in-disarray/

• https://www.gofundme.com/manage/the-art-of-restoring-hollywood-cemetery-in-memphis

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BCN Contact Information:

Diane Green

muse@callmecrazy.org