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The Daily Memphian: Jesse Jackson and Stax: The reverend’s largely forgotten link to Memphis

In town for the 51st anniversary of King’s death April 4, Jackson talked about his Stax experience from a booth at Blues City Café on Beale Street, less than a mile north of the Lorraine Motel and just over 2 miles northwest of where Stax Records once stood. The Daily Memphian’s Jared Boyd sits down with Jackson to talk about his remarkable relationship with Stax Records. Read the full story HERE.