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Memphis’ Black Arts Community Thriving in the New Year

Memphis, a city best known for leading social justice and memorializing the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis the day after he gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, is on a mission to promote its Black arts community.

From Memphis Black Restaurant Week to a dance collective that operates the largest Black ballet school in the South, Memphis is home to a few organizations that are expanding the landscape of Black talent. The National Civil Rights Museum and the historic Beale Street, home to the best in blues, are just two mainstay attractions, but there’s much more.

Read the full article on The Network Journal By Sergie Willoughby here.

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