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Officials, organizers and neighbors in Berclair give sharply different accounts of what "1878: the yellow fever summer that emptied a city" will actually mean, and who pays for it.
By Dana Ruiz · September 14, 2026
Records, interviews and public filings reviewed by The Memphis Press trace how this reached the Medical District — and w…
Terrence Booker · 3 min read
1957: When Sun Studio Was Just a Storefront on Union Avenue — a development residents in Frayser have followed for month…
Marcus Whitfield · 3 min read
1912: The Publication of 'Memphis Blues' and What Followed — a development residents in Raleigh have followed for months…
Walter Deane · 3 min read
A closer look at the numbers behind the headline, and at the people in Midtown who have heard a version of this promise …
Hannah Pike · 3 min read
1892: The Lynching That Drove Ida B. Wells From Memphis — a development residents in Orange Mound have followed for mont…
Walter Deane · 3 min read
1959: Desegregating the Public Library, One Reading Room at a Time — a development residents in Raleigh have followed fo…
Marcus Whitfield · 3 min read
1948: The Boss Crump Machine at Its Height — a development residents in the Medical District have followed for months, a…
Elijah Sandoval · 3 min read
A closer look at the numbers behind the headline, and at the people in Berclair who have heard a version of this promise…
Adrienne Colvin · 3 min read
1866: The Massacre That Shaped Reconstruction Debate — a development residents in Raleigh have followed for months, and …
Elijah Sandoval · 3 min read
Records, interviews and public filings reviewed by The Memphis Press trace how this reached Orange Mound — and what stil…
Curtis Lomax · 3 min read
1981: The Year Downtown Nearly Emptied Out — a development residents in South Memphis have followed for months, and one …
Marcus Whitfield · 3 min read
Officials, organizers and neighbors in Whitehaven give sharply different accounts of what "1900: building the bridge tha…
Ruth Ann Mercer · 3 min read
1934: The Beale Street of the Working Musician — a development residents in the Medical District have followed for month…
Marcus Whitfield · 3 min read
1993: The Arrival of a Basketball City — a development residents in Raleigh have followed for months, and one whose cons…
Marcus Whitfield · 3 min read