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Margaret and Bob were featured on the front page of a newspaper showing how she had waited for him to return home and how they were soon to be married.

While headed to Nashville, the Memphis Belle was delayed because of a blown-out wheel gasket. Then, the article explained how the crew members of the Belle, along with Margaret found out that many of the pilots had flown the planes, but had never…

This article was written by Charles Edmundson and published in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. There is a hand written date of March 10, 1962 on the article. This article tells of Mabel Williams Hughes’ journey through education. The main focus of…

Report from spring 2015, HIST 4851.
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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 shows how the two, Margaret and Bob, met again after a while of seeing each other. They greeted each other with smiles as they did when they were to be married. He came to the city to ensure that the ‘Memphis Belle’ would have a…

Memphis The City Beautiful was written by Frances Akers Greeson in 1947. The book chronicles the Memphis City Beautiful Commission’s history from 1929 to 1947. The Memphis City Beautiful Commission was founded by E.H. Crump, former mayor of Memphis…

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…