Ever wonder why Blue Boy Barber Shop on M.L. King Boulevard is so named?
Or who painted the murals that can be found on some of the buildings along the city thoroughfare?
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students Jackson Ver Mulm, Madison Morgan and Katie Raabe, from left, introduce their podcast about murals on M.L. King Boulevard to a large crowd inside the Bessie Smith Cultural Center during a public introduction of their series “Stories From the Big 9.”
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students Jackson Ver…
Photo by
Tim Barber
/Times Free Press.
Or maybe you used to live in the neighborhoods surrounding what was originally Ninth Street and dubbed “The Big 9,” or maybe you frequented the many restaurants, bars, car dealerships, clothing stores or beauty shops that once thrived there and you’d like to…
