Tent City (Tennessee)

Tent City
Tent City
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
Date	1960–1962
Location	Fayette County and Haywood County in Tennessee
Caused by	Civil Rights Act of 1957; Murder trial of Burton Dodson; All-white jury;
Resulted in	Catalyst to pass Civil Rights Act of 1960;
Parties
Civic and Welfare League (CWL) Fayette County Civic and Welfare League; Haywood County Civic and Welfare League; ; United States Commission on Civil Rights; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP);	Fayette County Democratic Executive Committee; White Citizens Council (WCC); Ku Klux Klan (KKK);

Tent City, also called Freedom Village, was an encampment outside of Memphis in Fayette County, Tennessee for African Americans who were evicted from their homes and blacklisted from buying amenities as retaliation for registering to vote during the Civil Rights Movement. It began in 1960 and lasted about two years.