It’s one of the most important legal cases in American history, a story most Americans know nothing about, and a story that continues to echo…
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Tag: Civil Rights Movement
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, Chronicling a 1930s event that was a precursor to the Civil Rights Movement
Playhouse on the Square Presents the Regional Premiere Musical, The Scottsboro Boys, that Chronicles Precursor to The Civil Rights Movement A vaudeville-style variety show is…
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Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign at National Civil Rights Museum
The Poor People’s Campaign, one of the lesser known aspects of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, is the focus of a new Smithsonian Institution traveling…
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Stax Museum Is Newest Addition to U.S. Civil Rights Trail
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) and Travel South have added the Stax Museum of American Soul Music to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. With…
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Documentary about photographer Ernest Withers finalist for film prize
The Withers’ documentary is among six finalists for the 2021 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film The Better Angels Society, a non-profit dedicated…
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MaDear’s Scrapbook
A granddaughter discovers an unexpected legacy of memories, questions, and untold stories By Lori D. Johnson for Chapter16.org For years, I thought I was the…
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More than a Dream
Jon Meacham delivers a rich account of a life built on protest and hope By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org Just over a month after…
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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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Paths of Resistance
Multimedia artist Jessica Ingram explores the South’s racist history in Road Through Midnight By Kim Green, for Chapter16.org In the preface of Road Through Midnight, Jessica Ingram…
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What I Thought I Knew
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES By Mark Scott Memphis, I need to talk. Because after 32 years as a high school teacher in Memphis I thought I knew most, if not…
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