A Rainy Day In Shreveport
I usually spend the Friday before Grambling Homecoming shopping, searching for Grambling memorabilia and ephemera, as well as records and books. But this year, rather …
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The Tennessee Delta III
For my third photographic journey documenting the blues country of West Tennessee, I stayed mostly in Tipton and Haywood Counties, photographing the historic store in …
The Lost Class Of ’71: Remembering Shadowlawn
The other day while riding out Old Brownsville Road, where so much has changed due to development, I decided to take a ride through the …
Celebrating Unity And An Effort To Save A Dying Town
On a weekday afternoon, I had driven up to Mason, Tennessee after work to eat at Bozo’s Bar-B-Que, and had noticed signs around the little …
Fairley, Southwind and Lane College Bands Perform at Southwind Stadium
Southwind High School in Southeast Shelby County is a relatively new school, so when I saw that they were playing Fairley on the Friday night …
The Last Hurrah For Foote Homes and Booker T. Washington High
When the United States Department of Education complained about the location of Memphis’ all-Black Kortrecht High School in the middle of a noisy, smokey rail …
The Manassas High School Drumline at Melrose Stadium
Although Memphis’ Black community has an old and deep history of drumlines, the phenomenon has been fading in recent years. A reduced interest on the …
Highway 51 Revisited: Forgotten Towns in North Mississippi
During the 1960’s, the new interstate highways began to bypass the old US highways and the towns along them, and gradually these towns began to …
The Municipal Schools and the Federal Courts
Does the formation of municipal schools in Shelby County violate Federal court orders pertaining to the rights of Black children to attend integrated schools? It …
Bellevue Drummers vs. Star Steppers Drummers: Round 2
Round 2 of the epic battle between the Bellevue Middle drumline and the Star Steppers drumline near the Fed Ex Forum after the Liberty Bowl …