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The Museum of Science & History is pleased to announce an original exhibition of historical photographs of twentieth-century African American men, women, and families. Everyday People: Snapshots of the Black Experience opens on January 20th, 2024, in…
Read More Everyday People: Snapshots of the Black Experience opens on January 20th at MoSH
On the occasion of its 95th birthday, Part II of our series on the History of the Orpheum To generations of Memphians, it was simply…
Read More When it was The Malco: Hidden History of the Orpheum, Part II
A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street INTRODUCTION Union Avenue. The very name strikes shudders and grumblings among drivers, pedestrians and business owners alike. Today’s…
Read More Union Avenue Anthology. Introduction: Where have you gone, Union Avenue?
This story was originally published in October, 2017 Directly north of Central Gardens, Union Avenue has for generations served as its de facto Main Street.…
Read More Union Avenue – Central Gardens’ Once-Beloved Main Street
By Robert A. Lanier I am certain that everyone who is old enough remembers what they were doing when they learned that World War II…
Read More The End of WW II
By Robert A. Lanier Once upon a time, every year, two free paperback books approximately two inches thick plopped onto the doorstep of almost every…
Read More The Sears Catalog Christmas Book
Robert S. Keebler, The Quiet Crusader Who Defended Academic Freedom & 24-Year-Old Public School Teacher John Scopes By Robert A. Lanier What sayest thou of…
Read More Vox Clamantis in Deserto. Behind the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial
Nothing says ‘Memphis’ like the old Fairgrounds Amusement Park of Memphis memories, beautifully captured here by fan-favorite Charlie Lambert. Originally published June 2019 for both…
Read More Before Libertyland: Memories of the Old Fairgrounds Amusement Park
By Robert A. Lanier Riot: Public violence, tumult, or disorder; a violent public disorder. (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, 1977 edition); A disturbance of the peace…
Read More ‘Riot’ or ‘Massacre’ – Revisiting the reporting of the Memphis Riot and Massacre of 1866
Following in the footsteps of her family and a well-known chronicler of old Whitehaven, the writer traces her roots in Memphis’s city to the south.…
Read More Tracing My Black Roots in Old Whitehaven