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The library. The name alone strikes reverberating cords of innocence and joy, craning our necks to read titles, flipping through pages of a well worn…
Withers Work Will Never Wither By Jeanine Jones They say a picture is worth 1000 words His are worth more than 1 million before the…
Read More Withers Work Will Never WitherMichelle Duster writes a children’s book about her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells By Julie Danielson, originally published on Chapter 16 on February10, 2022 The work of…
Read More Speaking Ida’s Truth for a New Generation: Interview with Michelle DusterMemphis’ White Station High selected to pilot AP African American studies class By Samantha West, Chalkbeat Tennessee This story was originally published by Chalkbeat on…
Read More White Station High selected to pilot AP African American studies classThis article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021, page 22-23. Penning, Printing and Pressing On There’s nothing civil about…
Read More Penning, Printing and Pressing On: The Ida B. Wells StatueStoryBoard Memphis is thrilled to announce that we have received a SHARP grant from Humanities Tennessee and the National Endowment for the Humanities for the…
Read More A. Schwab Project Receives SHARP GrantFire and Ice: Ice Storm 2022 “We are all fine. Our house is not.” I have texted, emailed, and repeated those words in my heart…
Read More Fire and Ice: Ice Storm 2022Opera Memphis welcomes three exciting performers to the Handorf Company Artist program The Handorf Company Artist program, which provides career building experiences to emerging singers…
Read More Three Performers Join Opera Memphis’s Handorf Company Artist ProgramKathlyn J. Kirkwood discusses her memoir for young readers on the making of MLK Day By Julie Danielson for Chapter16.org, originally published January 25, 2022 “I was…
Read More Foot Soldier for Justice: Interview with Kathlyn J. KirkwoodEast Buntyn Historic District Neighborhood East Buntyn is a well-defined and compact neighborhood bounded by Greer Street, Central Avenue, Highland Street, and Southern Avenue. The…
Read More East Buntyn: Historic Neighborhood in the Center of MemphisThe Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) and Travel South have added the Stax Museum of American Soul Music to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. With…
Read More Stax Museum Is Newest Addition to U.S. Civil Rights Trail