On Saturday, April 1 at the Renaissance Pocket Park, 1471 Mississippi Boulevard, The Works, Inc. hosted their second annual Spring Fling Event to celebrate Easter…
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This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. Union as a Street In the 1830s, Memphis was a fledgling…
Read More Union Street: A Thoroughfare and a Boundary, 1830 – 1850
WYXR Stereo Sessions: The Antidote “How do we keep this going? How do we do this smart?” asked host Jared “Jay B” Boyd to close…
Read More Memphis Hip-Hop: Rediscovering a Legacy at WYXR’s Stereo Sessions
Ford Motor Company recently announced plans to build its Blue Oval City manufacturing plant at the Megasite of West Tennessee, a $5.6 billion investment on…
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Originally published August 20, 2020. Feature photo by Lauren Turner By Ramona Springfield, for High Ground News As one of the oldest communities in the…
Read More Walking in Memphis: Put on your tennis shoes and discover South Memphis history
Feature Image: Rufus Sykes cracks a smile as he holds the door open for a customer at the South Memphis Grocery on West Mallory Avenue.…
Read More Corner Stores: A South Memphis love story
Your correspondent experiences despair and discovers hope which he shares with Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878…
Read More Dateline: Memphis April 15, 2020
Originally published November, 2019. Feature Image: Roshun Austin (L), president/CEO of The Works, Inc., and South Memphis resident Dolores Bateman are featured in the Memphis-based…
Read More Video series explores worldwide divides, spotlights Memphis for unequal food access
URBAN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD By Austin McLellan Select areas in Memphis and Shelby County are open for business as federal Opportunity Zones. The Opportunity Zone…
Read More Opportunity Zones: Good for Distressed Memphis Communities or an Opportunity for the Rich?
Originally published April, 2019. Feature Image: Roshun Austin, president and CEO of The Works, Inc. holds a redlining map created in the 1930s. (Ziggy Mack)…
Read More Seeing Red II: South Memphis CDC brings investment back to Memphis’ formerly redlined communities