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An aerial view of the Negro State Park area (now T.O. Fuller State Park) looking toward Memphis, Tenn., from an elevation of 2,000 feet.Named for Dr. Thomas O. Fuller, T.O. Fuller State Park was the first of two state parks in Tennessee open to African Americans during segregation. It was built by an African American unit of the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) in 1938.
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