Love List 2020, Days 50 & 59: Ellfrow and Villa Belleair
Love List days 50 and 59 By Brantley Ellzey Villa Belleair Day 59 February 28. I was driving east on Poplar yesterday enjoying the first…
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Feature Image: Sophia Perry It is critical, now more than ever, to stay informed,stay compassionate, and stay willing to learn. By Sophia Perry, for Chalkbeat…
Read More Protesting was empowering. It was also terrifying.The whole world is talking about police reform. Black Lives Matter has solutions.
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Read More The whole world is talking about police reform. Black Lives Matter has solutions.The Church of the Walking Pants
Originally published in April, 2019 By Kelly King Howe In the movie Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, hears a voice in his…
Read More The Church of the Walking PantsVollintine-Evergreen seeks landmark designation to preserve its unique history and aesthetic
Feature image: A Craftsman Bungalow-style home with ornate spiral pillars in Vollintine-Evergreen. VECA is seeking a landmarks designation for the V&E area to preserve its…
Read More Vollintine-Evergreen seeks landmark designation to preserve its unique history and aestheticThe Challenge of Antiracism
Historian Ibram X. Kendi confronts our racist culture — and looks inward This review was originally published October 14, 2019 By Aram Goudsouzian for Chapter16.org…
Read More The Challenge of AntiracismWCS & NPI: Partnering to remove systemic obstacles that affect students’ lives, communities, and families.
Whole Child Strategies partners with Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. in a shared commitment to resolving the systemic barriers to equality in Memphis neighborhoods. Feature photo: Student…
Read More WCS & NPI: Partnering to remove systemic obstacles that affect students’ lives, communities, and families.The Quarantine Diaries, Memphis
A revealing series of self portraits during the quarantine On Monday, March 23, 2020, in the first of many safety precautions responding to the oncoming…
Read More The Quarantine Diaries, MemphisWayne Dowdy’s Dateline: June 17, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Appeal newspaper during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…
Read More Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: June 17, 2020‘Mr. A, will I ever be a hashtag?’
Feature Image: Signs bear the name of three black people killed recently throughout the United States during protests on May 27, 2020, in Midtown Memphis. (Joe…
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