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,…
I couldn’t see, I couldn’t breathe. It’s time we acknowledge our collective trauma.
OPINION By Marissa Kizer “A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point of disillusionment with past ways and values. They don’t…
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Art Review: “Regarding the Pain and Celebration of Others”
The Photographs of Dave Mason Curated by Sophia Mason Writer and philosopher Susan Sontag once told us that a picture alone doesn’t speak for itself…
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White People’s Ego Will Get You Killed
“Why am I repeating this story in such detail? Because white people have fear of Black folks. We do. Even when we don’t want to.”…
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Blues Meets Folk: Folk Beef by Mark Edward Stuart
Mark Edgar Stuart is never the type to shy from the difficult subjects. These are trying times in more ways than one. Musicians find themselves…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: An Elvis Story, Memphis, August 20, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…
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Women’s Suffrage in Memphis and Beyond
We celebrate Women’s Equality Day on August 26th to commemorate Colby’s certification of the Nineteenth Amendment, but for many Americans, August 18th was the day…
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Shining a light on our neighborhoods, and our grassroots leaders
NPI’s Summit Awards for Grassroots & Neighborhood Leaders Set for an Online Ceremony August 28 By Jeff Hulett, with Mark Fleischer An unsung hero of…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, August 12, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent shares with Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…
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Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part II
Two of the Memphis 13, and Four Periods of Desegregation in the Shelby County School System WITNESSES TO HISTORY By Sophia Mason Gordon School: An Episode…
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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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