Hello readers, As StoryBoard navigates the next few chapters of our ongoing history of the Orpheum Theatre, we are inviting the memories of Memphians and…
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Gordon 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…
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Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part I
Two of the Memphis 13, and Four Periods of Desegregation in the Shelby County School System WITNESSES TO HISTORY By Sophia Mason As a first-year…
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Gov. Lee’s voucher proposal will help families pay for private school. But will black Memphis students go where they were historically shunned?
Originally published March, 2019. Feature Image: The Briarcrest High School band at a 2016 football game against St. George’s. (Stan Carroll/The Commercial Appeal) Laura Faith Kebede,…
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