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My Momma and Elvis Were Next Door Neighbors in a Black Neighborhood in Tupelo, Mississippi

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Steve Simms

My mother, her maiden name Dorothy Beeding, grew up next door to Elvis Presley in an extremely rare predominantly black neighborhood in Tupelo where poor blacks and poor whites lived side by side as friends and neighbors and as outcasts … Continue reading →

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