Jesse H Turner Park

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Jesse H Turner Park is a public park in Memphis, Tennessee across from where Elvis Presley Boulevard becomes Bellevue Boulevard. Jesse H. Turner Sr. was a major civil rights champion and former president of Tri-State Bank in Memphis, Tennessee. Jesse H. Turner, Sr. had a long and dedicated service to the NAACP, which began when he was a student at LeMoyne College. He became a longtime treasurer of the national NAACP organization. He was also the first black CPA of Tennessee, and the first black chairman of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners.