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Historic civil rights-era church in Memphis to undergo $25 million renovation

Memphis’ Clayborn Temple, a historic civil rights landmark, is set to undergo a $25 million renovation. The five-year-long project hopes to “not only preserve its historic significance but also usher in a new era of vitality for this cultural gem and the surrounding community,” as seen in...

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Jesse Epps launches the American Tenants Union so poor people can control their own destinies

This is part three of a 10-part series on the first tenant movement in Memphis. Read part 2 here. The Texas-East McLemore rent strike in 1968 drew Memphis

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State Rep. Gloria Johnson, one of 'Tennessee 3,' caps off US Senate campaign launch in Memphis

The Knoxville Democrat capped off a day-long, state-wide campaign annoucement blitz at a monument to the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike.

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TN Rep. Gloria Johnson to challenge Marsha Blackburn for US Senate

The Knoxville Democrat capped off a day-long, state-wide campaign annoucement blitz at a monument to the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike.

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L.A. high school honors Tyre Nichols with skateboard designs

L.A. high school honors Tyre Nichols with skateboard designs
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A Walk Down Beale Street: Challenges of Revitalizing Historic Black Cultural Centers

Beale Street is a sonic hub that celebrates music and, in doing so, its rich cultural history. Beale Street, however, has not always been this vibrant.

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Georgia King dies: Memphis activist remembered for 'tireless advocacy'

Georgia King, a longtime activist known in Memphis as "Mother Georgia King," has died at the age of 82.

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A Living Record of Five Local, Black Cultural Institutions In Memphis

Black Enterprise curated a record of five Black cultural movements and organizations that are flourishing in Memphis today.

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Brent Leggs on The Preserving Black Churches Project 2022

The Preserving Black Churches Project aims to preserve these sites' legacies as important centers of Black heritage and culture.

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Rabbi Micah Greenstein

This magazine’s first-ever Memphian of the Year looks back and looks ahead.

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