photos by Mark Fleischer It came to us with a built-in headline and a dose of skepticism: “Ernest Withers at the Till Trial.” Instantly intriguing.…
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Union Street: A Thoroughfare and a Boundary, 1830 – 1850
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. Union as a Street In the 1830s, Memphis was a fledgling…
Read More Union Street: A Thoroughfare and a Boundary, 1830 – 1850Elliott Schwab Interview: The A. Schwab Project
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in the summer of 2022. If you walk through A. Schwab’s doors, take a…
Read More Elliott Schwab Interview: The A. Schwab ProjectLYNCHING SITES PROJECT: Facing past and present horrors head-on
StoryBoard is proud to support the work of the Lynching Sites Project. Turning the Light of Truth: The Lynching of Ell Persons On May 22,…
Read More LYNCHING SITES PROJECT: Facing past and present horrors head-onReuse and Adapt: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 3
1969 – 1971: The Lumbering Saga of Grace Slick, Chairman of the Board Visitors to Playhouse’s executive offices have occasionally commented on an ugly, yet…
Read More Reuse and Adapt: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 3Joseph W. Martin: Curious Incident of the Missing Cotton Broker
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. On the morning of April 4, 1913, J. Lockhart Anderson arrived…
Read More Joseph W. Martin: Curious Incident of the Missing Cotton BrokerBorrowed Spaces: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 2
If you missed part 1 of the history of Playhouse on the Square, you can read it here. Spring 1969: First Brushes with Celebrity As…
Read More Borrowed Spaces: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 2The Circuit Players: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 1
1963: First Steps As students at Overton High School, Walter Slaughter and Jackie Nichols frequently worked on school productions together. But in the summer of…
Read More The Circuit Players: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 1Equality Trailblazers Monument: “A Gift to the City”
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Memphis’s newest monument is a testament to the years suffragists fought…
Read More Equality Trailblazers Monument: “A Gift to the City”The Photograph: A New Perspective of the Emmett Till Trial
“That Memphis Photographer” captures courage in the face of white supremacy This is THE image. The only image – strategically snuck in with courage and…
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