The $5.4 million renovation of David Carnes Park will add a splash pad, walking track and more. It will also honor namesake David Carnes, a blacksmith and one of Whitehaven's first African-American settlers.
The CLTV's 2019 Juneteenth gala was a celebration of history, resiliency, bold looks and Black excellence in Memphis.
The House of Mtenzi is packed tight with art, artifacts and audio that weave together an intimate story of one Memphis family and its ties to the city's Civil Rights history.
Investments in Whitehaven are on the rise as banks move forward with new facilities and programs targeting homeownership and small businesses.
Once a suburb thriving with amenities, Whitehaven is saddled with outside perceptions that the neighborhood is poor because its demographics flipped from white to black. Its native retailers, like Southland Mall (the oldest operating mall in Memphis), know the advantage of adapting to a changing audience — even as big-box names are drawn across the border to Southaven, Mississippi.
A cheer and dance squad formed in 1984 continues to shape young lives in Whitehaven.
“Our ministry strives to promote healing of the total person in mind, body and spirit. The illiteracy rate in Memphis is alarming. This is our way of trying to put a dent in it."
By reducing the student to teacher ratio at Whitehaven High School, Peer Power success coaches are making meaningful connections with students and teachers and changing lives.
Brothers Antonio and Jason Gardner bring international cigar experience to Whitehaven with their newly opened brick and mortar location for BeLeaf Cigars.
“Whitehaven was not a neighborhood originally planned for African-Americans. We want students to answer the question of how integration affected the community. When white homeowners and business owners moved out and black people moved in, people affectionately began to call the community Blackhaven. Let’s talk about that."
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