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,…
The Ghost Hunter
Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell cracks cold cases from the civil rights movement Originally published February 4, 2020 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16 Jerry Mitchell hunts…
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Memphis Kids Appeal: “Heal the world. Make it a better place for you and for me.”
By Arijit Basu The community is important to all of us, and with the present COVID-19 pandemic leaving the world in a state of shock…
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A Retirement This School Teacher Didn’t Count On
By Mark Scott I began this school year with a Facebook post showing me arriving early. As usual. To an empty parking lot. On the…
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Love List 2020, Day 18: Pappy and Jimmy’s Restaurant
By Brantley Ellzey This whackadoo souvenir plate has hung in the kitchen at Ellfrow (our house name) for over twenty-five years and always makes me…
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‘Nice Young Man. Don’t Harm.’ A black mother’s plea on Nextdoor to protect her 14-year-old son
Feature Image: Sonja Jackson and her son. Photos provided by Jackson. Sonja Jackson’s post was prompted by the police killing of George Floyd and vigilante…
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What We Miss: Memorializing This Holiday Weekend
This is the holiday weekend I would look forward to for months. We have a few war veterans in our family who have passed, and…
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VIRTUAL CELEBRATE WHAT’S RIGHT: MEMPHIS MUSIC IN THE KEY OF E PANEL
Celebrate What’s Right: Memphis Music in the Key of E: Education, Equity, and Economics Memphis and music go hand-in-hand. We are a city that started…
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Pictures of a Life
In Richard Alley’s Amelia Thorn, a woman of her time becomes a woman ahead of her time By Faye Jones, for Chapter16 Memphis writer and editor…
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Introducing ‘Love List 2020,’ Brantley Ellzey’s daily odes to joy and inspiration
By Brantley Ellzey Forward: In January of this year, I began a daily blog on Facebook called Love List 2020. I hoped it would act…
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When COVID-19 relief didn’t come, Douglass residents stepped up for their own
By Ashley Davis, for High Ground News There’s been a flood of relief efforts in response to Covid-19, but are resources getting to the Memphis…
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