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To commemorate Black History Month, Crosstown Arts presented The Memphis 13 film, which tells the story of 13 first graders who, in October 1961, became some of the youngest pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement.
In 2023, American Experience partnered with StoryCorps Studios to record, uplift and archive stories about racial desegregation and educational equity efforts in American schools. These personal accounts reflect experiences from an array of regional, racial, ethnic, and gender perspectives, providing a link to a formative chapter in the story of modern America. These stories you are about to listen to are unedited accounts of those experiences.
In Opa-locka, Florida, an exhibition of Withers’s civil rights images demonstrates that the Black history the state is trying to erase is indisputable and factual.
Memphis, Tennessee June 10-14, 2023 Free to the Public Community …
Subscriber Exclusive Backlash to the largest school consolidation in the U.S. cemented disparities in Memphis. Here's how After the Civil War, Memphis had two school districts. There was one, for one year. Now, there are seven. Will the districts ever integrate? Laura Testino, Memphis Commercial Appeal Published 12:44 pm UTC Jul. 19, 2021 This story is part of Confederate Reckoning, a collaborative project of USA TODAY Network newsrooms across the South to critically examine the legacy of the Confederacy, Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era and their influence on communities today. If every ...