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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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,…
Read More Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: An Elvis Story, Memphis, August 20, 2020Women’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…
Read More Women’s Suffrage in Memphis and BeyondShining 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…
Read More Shining a light on our neighborhoods, and our grassroots leadersWayne 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,…
Read More Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, August 12, 2020Gordon 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…
Read More Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part IIAngelina 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…
Read More Angelina Maher: Balancing a boutique with homeworkThe Negro Leagues Come To Memphis
This article was originally published both in print and online in the summer of 2019 – we have updated it and are republishing for the…
Read More The Negro Leagues Come To MemphisThe Eviction Crisis
Stormy days are ahead unless we do something “I think if we want our recovery from the growing eviction issue to look the way we…
Read More The Eviction CrisisUnion Avenue Anthology. Part I, The Plan of Memphis: 1783-1827
A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner’s famous line, from his 1951 novel Requiem…
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