MEMPHIS
Shelby County • Tennessee Local
Founded May 22, 1819
Memphis was incorporated on December 19, 1826. The city now hosts the National Civil Rights Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate institution.
The museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis. The museum was dedicated on July 4, 1991, and officially opened to the public on September 28, 1991.
Memphis is the anchor of West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi, and the Missouri Bootheel.
Memphis Metro is a regional center for commerce, education, media, art, and entertainment. It has long had a prominent music scene, with historic blues clubs on Beale Street originating the unique Memphis blues sound in the early 20th century. See Cultural Events and Festivals below.
Memphis was home to Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, composer and producer. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
Hayes was known for his musical score for the film Shaft (1971). For the “Theme from Shaft“, he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972. This made him the third Black person, after actress Hattie McDaniel (1939) and actor Sidney Poitier (1964), to win an Academy Award.
The City of Memphis is in a fast growing Tennessee area for new local businesses. In the spirit of enterprising early settlers, Memphis is in an ideal tri-state location where local individual creativity and skills can thrive and where self-starter entrepreneurs can start their own dream business online or offline.
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