The early ice trade in Memphis By John Matthews Summer is officially here. “Remind me, why in the hell do I continue to live in…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis April 22, 2020
Your correspondent continues to report on the COVID-19 Pandemic and how it is affecting the Bluff City with another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating,…
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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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SB 30 Episode 32: The Art of Storytelling, with Author, Historian & Filmmaker Willy Bearden
“They say a person dies twice. The first when you leave this mortal plain, but the second time when the very last person who knew…
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