The Rebirth of Jazz on Beale Street at The Blue Note: A Tribute to Emerson Able
Jazz is the forgotten piece of the Memphis music puzzle. People who are familiar with Isaac Hayes, Al Green or Otis Redding have likely never …
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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 …
Reform, MS: A Forgotten Town's Fading Past
On the Saturday before Memorial Day, I had to play with a jazz group for a wedding in Pontotoc, Mississippi, and once it was over, …
Lost Opportunities at Mary Holmes College, West Point MS
After seeing an abandoned high school in Montpelier, the first thing I saw upon arriving in West Point was an abandoned college campus. Mary Holmes …
A Paradise Lost at Montpelier, MS
When I was young, I remember riding down to Starkville with my parents, and we went a route that took us through a small Clay …
Could The Decision in Floyd vs. New York Have A Bearing on Municipal Schools in Shelby County?
The judge’s decision has been rendered in the contentious “stop-and-frisk” case in New York City, but a quote from Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s decision in …
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 …
W. A. Higgins Middle School Rock Ensemble at the Blues Museum Stage #jukejointfest
W. A. Higgins, the former Black high school in Clarksdale, now serves as the middle school for the entire community, and is unique in that …