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Ethel Venson and her husband founded the Cotton Marker’s Jubilee in 1935. In this interview from 1984 Mrs. Venson tells of the reasons behind the Jubilee, the struggles it took to get it going and the effects it has had on the Memphis,…

This is a hand written letter from a member of the House of Representatives, John H. Reagan, to a Mrs. Elisabeth A. Meriwether. The letter is a response to a letter that Mrs. Meriwether sent to Mr. Reagan on the matter of his position of opposing a…

This article is about the protest leader, Mrs. Cornelia Crenshaw, being arrested for her sit in. She had been protesting the additional fees that had been added to the garbage and sewage. The charges in which she was arrested were disorderly conduct,…

This article features two main pictures. The top main picture shows an empty city council meeting room with a lone African American woman sitting defiantly in the back with her arms crossed. The second picture, featured on the bottom right, shows…

In this article the writer depicts the hardships being undergone by one Mrs. Cornelia Crenshaw. She was involved in a protest against a garbage fee being added on to her electricity. In response her electricity had been shut off, and at the time this…

This Article is about Maxine Smith and her fight in the civil rights movement. It explains how she is well known for her perseverance in the city of Memphis for equal rights. It elaborates this to point out that her first name is all that is needed…

This Article begins with a brief history on the 19th Amendment and the expected results once it was passed. On the anniversary of that day groups have called it Women’s Equality Day and gathered to discuss issues of concern to women. The article then…

This article explains how the Memphis Belle was turned into a war memorial dedicated to the men who fought in World War II and that also lived in Memphis. The plane was given to the city in 1946 by the Air Force and was being restored and placed in…