Beale Street was an important stop along the route from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago, the Promised Land. What Beale Street was to Memphis, Maxwell Street was to Chicago. We honor our sister Street with this webpage so you can learn more about the birth of the Blues and the Beale Street/Maxwell Street tradition.
For 15 images of Beale Street from the 1930s and 1940s, visit the Library Congress Archive of images taken by the Farm Security Administration. Click here and enter the word "Beale" without the quotes in the rectangle box. Then press SEARCH.
Other websites
B.B. King Gets Blues on Birthday
Beale Street - image(17k) by Michael Allyn
Beale Street - Memphis Blues Heritage
Furry Sings the Blues by Joni Mitchell
A Walking Tour of Historic Beale Street
BLUES: An Anthology by W.C. Handy
FATHER OF THE BLUES by W.C. Handy
Memphis via Northwest Airlines
Map of Memphis showing major highways
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