Tent City in Somerville, Tennessee

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Tent City

TN 76, Somerville, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 13' 15.179988", -89° 20' 58.619976"

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Historical Marker

A number of Black Fayette County sharecroppers who participated in a voter registration drive were evicted from their lands in 1959-60. Many of them moved to ?Tent City, also called Freedom Village, where they lived in military surplus tents furnished

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00

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