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Photographer Pat Rainer’s images of Memphis music legends collected in first-time exhibit at Stax Museumm

Currently on display through July 31, 2018, the Stax Museum’s newest exhibit features the Memphis music and culture photography of Patricia Rainer, whose body of work focuses mainly on the city’s music scene post Elvis and the original Stax Records (the label was revived in 2007 by new owners Concord Music). Just some of the

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Taking A Stand: The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike. Photography by Richard L. Copley

Taking A Stand: The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Photography by Richard L. Copley Open February 15, 2018 through April 30, 2018 Little did Richard Copley know that when he was hired by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) to document the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike that he would not just

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DREAMS TO REMEMBER: OTIS REDDING

  The legacy of the world’s most exciting singer lives on through the Otis Redding Foundation Here at the Stax Museum, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School, Otis Redding fans from all over the world have been asking us in recent weeks what we are going to do to commemorate the 50th anniversary

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Stax Museum of American Soul Music Awarded Grant to Create Special New Exhibit and Programming to Highlight Stax Records’ Commitment to Social Justice

MEMPHIS, TN. – The Stax Museum of American Soul Music was awarded $47,500 to create a new program in 2018/2019 titled “Give A Damn: Stax Records and Social Justice, 1968-75,” the National Park Service announced yesterday. “Through the African American Civil Rights Grant Program, we’re helping our public and private partners tell unique and powerful stories

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