Candacy Taylor documents the revolutionary guide that helped black travelers navigate a segregated America Originally published February, 2020. Feature image: mirrored images of the message…
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The Ghost Hunter
Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell cracks cold cases from the civil rights movement Originally published February 4, 2020 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16 Jerry Mitchell hunts…
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Pictures of a Life
In Richard Alley’s Amelia Thorn, a woman of her time becomes a woman ahead of her time By Faye Jones, for Chapter16 Memphis writer and editor…
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Rediscovering the Delta
A long-lost study of the Mississippi Delta reveals the source of the blues By Jonathan Frey, for Chapter16.org In the early 1940s, Fisk University scholars…
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Boy Meets Girl: Insatiable lust and blind love torment the protagonist of Corey Mesler’s latest novel
By G. Robert Frazier, for Chapter16.org Camel’s Bastard Son, the new novel from Memphis author Corey Mesler, may be one of the most bizarre —…
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Paths of Resistance
Multimedia artist Jessica Ingram explores the South’s racist history in Road Through Midnight By Kim Green, for Chapter16.org In the preface of Road Through Midnight, Jessica Ingram…
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