Memphis Civil Rights Trail

At a time when Cotton was King, Memphis was Tennessee’s largest Slave Trading City. Today it presents that story side by side with the Civil Rights Movement and celebrates the changing world and our hopes for the future.
Tennessee Music Pathways

American Music beats in the history of Tennessee. It started on the porches of Smoky Mountain farmers and sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta south of Memphis. It was first recorded in Bristol, evolved through the decades moving to Studios in both Nashville and Memphis, and from the stages of Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry House. The Tennessee Music Pathway is lined by Music History.