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Beale Street in 1974 Beale Street in 2014 Rex Billiard Hall for Colored, Beale Street, 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Beale Street was created in 1841 by entrepreneur and developer Robertson Topp (1807–1876), who soon named it later in the decade for Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a military hero from the Mexican–American War.
Beale Street Baptist Church, also known as, First Baptist Church or Beale Avenue Baptist Church, is a historic church on Beale Street, in Memphis, Tennessee. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. It was founded by a congregation of freed slaves.
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Opinion :Redevelopment of Beale Street began less than two decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. Now the iconic street needs a reboot.
The Beale Street Music Festival is a three-day music festival that has both a mix of big-name stars and local musical acts. Held during the first weekend of May in the city's Tom Lee Park at the foot of Beale Street, it is considered to be the kick-off event of the entire Memphis in May International Festival celebration. It typically hosts ...
On the balcony mezzanine is the Beale Street Museum, a collection of Beale Street memorabilia, along with several items and records of the Schwab family. The second floor is an event venue and houses the hoodoo items and musical goods. The first floor sells quirky merchandise and tourist memorabilia while what used to be the next-door shop has ...
Street photography captures the everyday moments that make life extraordinary, and sometimes, the most memorable subjects aren’t people at all—they’re dogs. From curious pups roaming city ...
Elvis Presley and Bernard Lansky in 1956. Lansky Bros. was started in 1946 at 126 Beale Street in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. It started as a store that sold leftover Army supplies from World War II, Bernard took advantage of the elevating Beale Street music scene and looked to provide clothing for the typical characters of Beale who wanted to dress dapper.