Your correspondent takes you to points across the city including Beale Street, the Criminal Courts, Odd Fellows Hall, the Lyceum Theater, and Virginia Avenue, where…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis April 29, 2020
Your correspondent writes another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic, where he…
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Your correspondent continues to report on the COVID-19 Pandemic and how it is affecting the Bluff City with another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating,…
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Your correspondent experiences despair and discovers hope which he shares with Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878…
Read More Dateline: Memphis April 15, 2020Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: a letter to Colonel Keating, who covered yellow fever
Your correspondent writes to J.M Colonel Keating, who covered the yellow fever epidemics of the 1870s, about our current state of the coronavirus pandemic Dear…
Read More Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: a letter to Colonel Keating, who covered yellow feverDateline: Memphis, August 1950
The war in Korea dominated this month in Memphis history as young Memphians were conscripted for duty in the Far East and the first reports…
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Your correspondent explains the significant events of this month in Memphis history, including the story of a railroad worker’s Memphis moment, a very brief-ing on…
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By Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent explains the significant events of this month in Memphis history including a government official’s visit to the Bluff City, a…
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April 1968 was the most important month of the 20th Century for the city of Memphis. The Sanitation Strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin…
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