Feature image from the Memphis Press-Scimitar editorial page on March 7, 1968, three years before the Supreme Court decision (Memphis Public Library) The focal point…
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“Brief, awkward exchanges reveal we differ on thoughts about pandemic life. It’s unsettling.” By Candace Echols Recognizing my old friends’ faces when I see them…
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Michael Eric Dyson’s Long Time Coming is an elegy and a call to action By Kashif Andrew Graham for Chapter16.org “I can’t breathe.” Michael Eric Dyson’s Long Time…
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By Jacob Church After Christmas, I got my old cassette four-track from my parents’ house. I’d been writing songs during the pandemic, and I thought…
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Art kits now available, prizes announced The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art’s most popular springtime event, Chalkfest, is back for another year of virtual fun…
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Brooks Lamb tells the history of Overton Park through the eyes of Memphians Originally published by Chapter16 February 21, 2019 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16.org…
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By Ken Billett Bouncing off the snow, the glare is almost blinding. Today is the first blue sky we’ve seen in four days. Every neighbor’s…
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Eclectic Eye Partners with Justice and Kindness Everywhere Foundation to Donate to Relief Fund for Memphis Frontline Workers Eclectic Eye, a Memphis destination for optometry…
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Kim Trevathan revisits the Tennessee River from a new direction By Joe Pagetta, for Chapter16.org There are plenty of reasons to go on seemingly absurd…
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Southern Word connects young people to their voices, each other By Ciona Rouse, for Chapter16.org Benjamin Smith doesn’t really believe in the extraordinary young person.…
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