By G. Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Appeal newspaper during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…
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An Open Letter: Memphis Nonprofits Demand Action
StoryBoard News Board Over 100 local nonprofits have come together with an open letter to demand systemic changes that once and for all address issues…
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For What It’s Worth
By Mark Fleischer, StoryBoard Publisher There’s somethin’ happenin’ here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.There’s a man with a gun over there, tellin’ me I…
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When a White Woman Accuses a Black Man
By Ellen Morris Prewitt He was a writer, a man I’ll call Jonathan. Jonathan was in writing group with me one hour before he was…
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And what is it that America has failed to hear?
“White Allies: Show Yourselves” By Mark Fleischer, StoryBoard Publisher “White allies, show yourselves.” “White people need to be speaking to white people right now.“ On…
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JOIN THE ‘INN’ CROWD: Room In The Inn aims to double homeless shelter network
Room In The Inn – Memphis currently organizes a network of 55 local faith communities to provide shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Memphis and…
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Caritas to stay closed for summer, restructure, open kitchen to food entrepreneurs
Greater partnership seen as way to safeguard center’s mission and commitment to Binghamton The April 10 pandemic-related closure of Caritas Community Center and Café, which…
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A Retirement This School Teacher Didn’t Count On
By Mark Scott I began this school year with a Facebook post showing me arriving early. As usual. To an empty parking lot. On the…
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Love List 2020, Day 18: Pappy and Jimmy’s Restaurant
By Brantley Ellzey This whackadoo souvenir plate has hung in the kitchen at Ellfrow (our house name) for over twenty-five years and always makes me…
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What We Miss: Memorializing This Holiday Weekend
This is the holiday weekend I would look forward to for months. We have a few war veterans in our family who have passed, and…
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