Cole Bradley and Shelda Edwards, Author at Common Ground

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A. J. Dugger III (L) interviews Marvin Frazier, son of heavyweight champion Smokin Joe Frazier. (A.J. Dugger III)

Meet High Ground’s new lead writer

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August 16, 2019

High Ground's new On the Ground lead writer, A.J. Dugger III, is coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Meet him here first.

Volunteers work in the Coliseum's lower-level loading dock entrance. The building's arena and corridors were lit by task lighting provided by the City of Memphis. (Shelda Edwards)

In photos: Closed since 2007, Mid-South Coliseum reopens for one-day cleanup event

By Cole Bradley and Shelda Edwards

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Arts & Culture

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May 1, 2019

On April 27, over 50 volunteers signed up to help clean and organize the Mid-South Coliseum in preparation for its first indoor events in 12 years. This intimate, photographic essay steps inside the Coliseum cleanup and explores the building's journey from closure to potential reactivation.