Civil Rights Trail additions intersect with LGBTQ debate
Gov. Bill Lee (left) and Rep. Barbara Cooper look at a photograph of Beale Street during a press conferenceat B.B. King's Blues Club on Feb. 13, 2020, to announce two new additions to the Memphis leg of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. WDIA Radio and the Beale Street Historic District join a long list of landmarks where activists challenged segregation and advanced social justice. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The Beale Street entertainment district and the Union Avenue location for WDIA radio join three other historic sites in Memphis.
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