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Levi Watkins Jr.’s Legacy as Vanderbilt Medical School’s First African-American Student

By Ridley Wills II | September 4, 2024

Levi Watkins Jr. was on the frontlines of the complicated task of integrating the Vanderbilt Medical School.

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Daybreak Arts celebrates 10 years of offering a creative space for the underprivileged

By Justin Wagner | August 28, 2024

Daybreak Arts is a nonprofit and art collective that provides tools, workshop space, and gallery exhibitions to a community of artists with lived experience in poverty and homelessness.

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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ reigns on Hulu

By Joe Nolan | August 21, 2024

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is streaming on Hulu

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Etowah – What Caused the Downturn:“Rest of The Story”

By Merrill Osborne | August 21, 2024

The Etowah Depot and the town of Etowah began when the Louisville & Nashville railroad planned a new more direct route in 1902, between Cincinnati and Atlanta.

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Learn More about the Effectiveness of Encampment Closures

By Judith Tackett | August 21, 2024

The data shows fewer than half of the people the city moved out of encampments over the past 18 months or so are in permanent housing.

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Lifelong Activist Reflects on 67 Years of Social Justice Work

By Amanda Haggard | August 14, 2024

For nearly seven decades, Meyer has been on the front lines of countless movements, advocating for the rights of a broad cross-section of communities.

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Q&A with Alisha Haddock

By Judith Tackett | August 7, 2024

Alisha Haddock is the Senior Vice President and Director of Community and Economic Development at The Housing Fund.

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The Sterick Building and Its Successors

By Ridley Wills II | August 7, 2024

In 1930, the 29-story Sterick Building opened in downtown Memphis at the corner of Madison Avenue and North B.B.King Boulevard.

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Learn More About the History of Strobel House

By Judith Tackett | August 7, 2024

Metro has officially opened the door of its first 90-unit Permanent Supportive Housing building in Downtown Nashville. This is a huge milestone that has been years in the making.

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New Bob Marley biopic is an original and gritty tribute to the artist and activist

By Joe Nolan | August 7, 2024

Bob Marley: One Love is streaming on Prime

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