March to Mace: The Sanitation Strike before Martin Luther King Jr.’s invitation to Memphis, and a look at Memphis newspaper coverage of the first few weeks…
Read More From the Archives: Coverage of the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike in the White PressAuthor: Mark Fleischer
NEXT WEEK: Midtown Memphis Honors 2023 Mojo of Midtown Award Recipients April 5
One of the biggest and most star-studded events in Midtown returns with the 2023 edition of the Mojo of Midtown Awards. The Awards Bash will…
Read More NEXT WEEK: Midtown Memphis Honors 2023 Mojo of Midtown Award Recipients April 5Breaking: It’s official, the Grigg’s Business College at 492 Vance added to the National Register
This morning, Friday, March 24, Stephanie Wade of JS Real Estate announced the final approval of the Grigg’s Business College at 492 Vance and its…
Read More Breaking: It’s official, the Grigg’s Business College at 492 Vance added to the National RegisterThe Mid-South Coliseum, the “People’s Building,” must be given more fair grounds to work with
For the sake of soul and $52 million*, The Coliseum, and Memphis communities, deserve better StoryBoard Memphis was founded with the mission to support local…
Read More The Mid-South Coliseum, the “People’s Building,” must be given more fair grounds to work with“Prepare to be blown away!” TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL is an inspiration
“ROOF-RAISING! IT HITS THE RAFTERS. THIS IS TINA AS WE KNOW AND ADORE HER.” – Variety “PREPARE TO BE ECSTATICALLY BLOWN AWAY!”– The Daily Beast “I’VE…
Read More “Prepare to be blown away!” TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL is an inspirationThe tragic and the absurd. Injustices that continue to echo in Playhouse’s THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
It’s one of the most important legal cases in American history, a story most Americans know nothing about, and a story that continues to echo…
Read More The tragic and the absurd. Injustices that continue to echo in Playhouse’s THE SCOTTSBORO BOYSGrigg’s Business College building and the Ell Persons Lynching site move to final step toward historic National Register listings
With Wednesday’s approval by Tennessee State Review Board, the applications now move on to the National Park Service for final review and listing on the…
Read More Grigg’s Business College building and the Ell Persons Lynching site move to final step toward historic National Register listingsTRIBUTES. Vincent Astor: historian, performer, Memphis LBGTQ trailblazer, gone at 69
Vincent Astor, RIP Before I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know him, I knew of Vincent Astor in name only, as…
Read More TRIBUTES. Vincent Astor: historian, performer, Memphis LBGTQ trailblazer, gone at 69Memphis, What’s Your Midtown?
A debate as old as the area itself, defining its geographic borders remains as elusive as ever (Originally written in the fall of 2018; updated…
Read More Memphis, What’s Your Midtown?Early holiday celebration for two historic sites endorsed by Memphis Landmarks: 492 Vance Ave & Persons’ 1917 lynching site
Two Landmarks endorsements put stamps of approval on the first steps toward honoring and restoring local African American histories For last Thursday’s Memphis Landmarks Commission…
Read More Early holiday celebration for two historic sites endorsed by Memphis Landmarks: 492 Vance Ave & Persons’ 1917 lynching site