Soulsville is one piece of the greater South Memphis area and is arguably one of greatest neighborhoods for fostering music talent. Aretha Franklin, Maurice White, David Porter, Memphis Slim, and Memphis Minnie called Soulsville home while dozens of others made their mark on music history at the Stax and Royal recording studios. While the original Stax studio was demolished, its legacy lives on in the Stax Museum of American Soul and Stax Music Academy. Soulsville is also home to LeMoyne Owen College, Memphis’ only historically Black college.
Since 2015, Knowledge Quest has provided programming that helps families overcome trauma and stress and learn to head off potential childhood traumas. That programming is now in jeopardy, despite its […]
Mass evictions are looming across the country. In the U.S. "eviction capital," The Works, Inc. puts people over profit.
Dr. Carol Johnson-Dean, interim president of LeMoyne-Owen College, discusses how the school is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis and her best advice for those who want to lead. Hint: work hard and listen.
This Friday, February 28, experts in housing and community development will discuss gentrification in Memphis' majority-black neighborhoods and how to ensure black residents benefit from improvements in their communities. The event is free and open to the public.
The Community Reinvestment Act mandates that banks of a certain size give back to the low-income communities they serve. A proposed CRA overhaul would expand where banks can invest and what they can investment in. What could those changes mean for Memphis?
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