This retired school teacher reflects on a year of loss, and lessons By Mark Scott It has been a very long and traumatic year. Like…
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“The saddest case I’ve ever run across” – Imprisoned since 2012, Pamela Green found a reason to live
… there was something about the man’s posture or the way he stood between Pamela and the door that triggered the young woman’s paranoia… A…
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A segregated education in 1950’s Memphis
Adapted from Woodson J. Savage III’s Savage Family Tree, a true story of growing up in a segregated West Tennessee town By Woody J. Savage…
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Walking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis history
Originally published August 20, 2020. Feature photo by Lauren Turner By Ramona Springfield, for High Ground News As one of the oldest communities in the…
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Home Tour Detour: Hidden gems in Central Gardens
“Selfie” homes help highlight the neighborhood’s diverse architectural styles, hidden gems and landmarks alike Jim Williamson, in his introduction to the neighborhood’s architectural guide Central…
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Angelina Maher: Balancing a boutique with homework
By Cecilia Fay Almost every teenage girl loves shopping for new clothes. Shopping for a new outfit can give girls the confidence and determination they…
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Monologues for Healing, from the Women Who Lived Them
Prison Stories “I ran like she told me to do. A neighbor man grabbed me up and carried me across the street to his porch…
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Behind “Prison Stories”: A Storytelling Program For Healing
A much-needed program, now over, that resonates through today’s Black Lives Matter movement Originally published in the November 2018 print edition of StoryBoard By Elaine…
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Creatively Coping: Adventure in a confined space, with Katie Burriss
One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’s essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times I can’t help…
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“Where was the magic in my own life?” Quarantine Diaries, Memphis: Kristin Jones
A revealing series of self-portraits during the quarantine Here we are again. These profiles were photographed and written during the spring months when we were…
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