Beale Street

Cultural  

1. A street in an African-American section of Memphis, Tennessee, famous for its blues music. It is memorialized in the famous “Beale Street Blues.”

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Example Sentences

Marshals, and other authorities gathered at barricades along Beale Street, the city’s famous blues hub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Since "Atlanta," he has stared in a collection of films, including "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Widows," "Bullet Train," and the "Spider-Verse" films.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

“Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “The Underground Railroad” “are of a certain time in my life and of a certain moment in my artistic development,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

The skittering, chiming percussion boiled over into a stomp-around jam, hitting like a horns-blasting march down Beale Street.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

I walked down Beale Street and into the heart of Memphis.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright