Radio Days
By Robert Lanier, While young people today may not know that an old-time radio was once like a piece of furniture in virtually every household,…
July 14: Congressman Cohen Introduces the ‘Evaluating Lynching Locations for National Parks Sites Act’
LSP Board President Rich Watkins will testify in the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands legislative hearing on H.R. 7912. MEMPHIS, TN – The…
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Crowned Profound: Darlene Newman’s cartoon Orange Mound Bound
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. The main character, 10-year-old Grill is a lyricist. His best friend…
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What’s Old is New, Again
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. I headed straight to the magazine rack adjacent to Novel’s check-out…
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South Arts Names Collage Dance Collective a Southern Cultural Treasure
The initiative funds 17 BIPOC arts organizations across the Southeastern region with $6 million, in partnership with Ford Foundation Collage Dance Collective is proud to be a…
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Quarantine Memphis: The Pandemic Photographs of Jamie Harmon
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. The Memphis Quarantine Project started on March 13, 2020, when I,…
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Equality 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…
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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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David W. Cooley: In Memoriam
David W. Cooley was a native of Hendersonville, NC but made a big impact on Memphis. He twice served as the CEO of the Memphis…
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Shanktown: World Premiere at Theatreworks
World Premiere Opens Professional Theatre’s 54th Season There’s a patriarch whose power is waning fast, a questionable friend, an estranged son, and a clinging daughter. Like an…
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Memphis Historical Fiction with a Historian’s Stamp of Approval
The most useful interpretations of the past make history relevant and accessible to wide audiences. When authors use well-researched facts about Memphis’s complex history as…
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