Love List 2020, Day 170: Little Flashes of Light
Feature image from CBC.ca By Brantley Ellzey DAY 170, June 18, 2020 It happened just a couple of nights ago. We were outside on our…
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By G. Wayne Dowdy The loss of life weighs heavily on your correspondent as he writes another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor…
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Editor’s note: Originally published July 1, 2019, this little gem of an article, which seems to harken back to a bygone era, was written by…
Read More The Dogs Are Running The Show150 Nonprofit Leaders Urge Memphis Officials to Engage in Action Steps, Accountability Following Wave of Racial Protests
Memphis Nonprofits Demand Action reported that most city and county leaders had yet to move on a host of urgently needed policy and practice reforms…
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Feature Image: To celebrate Juneteenth 2020, The Time is Now Douglass, the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, and Memphis Artists for Change partnered to…
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A revealing series of self-portraits during the quarantine These profiles were photographed and written during the spring months when we were first introduced to the…
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By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent reports on how the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests are affecting the Bluff City in another…
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From Chapter16: Candacy Taylor explores the history and legacy of Victor Hugo Green’s iconic travel guide By Stephen Usery, for Chapter16.org In 1936, New York…
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Cold Comfort in 1860 The early ice trade in Memphis By John Matthews Summer is officially here. “Remind me, why in the hell do I…
Read More The Early Ice Trade in Memphis: John’s Uncommon DenominatorsRemembering Robert Johnson
From Chapter16: Brother Robert provides a human perspective on the man who changed American music By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org The city of Memphis plays…
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