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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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
Continue Reading nextThe Stax Story is a Memphis Story through and through.
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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
Continue Reading nextFacing History and Ourselves is an educational organization that helps students draw connections between historical events and the choices that they make in their own lives. We’ve partnered with Facing History and Ourselves to create an interactive unit on Stax Records’ history and its impact on the civil rights movement that includes lesson plans, photos and
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