North Memphis

North Memphis is a collection of distinct communities stretching roughly seven miles east from the Mississippi River. While there's debate over exact boundaries, North Memphis sits roughly between the river, North Parkway, James Road, and the northeastern curve of Jackson Avenue. The area includes Bickford, New Chicago, Douglass, Hollywood, Springdale, Hyde Park, and many other small communities within larger North Memphis.

High Ground is embedded in North Memphis from January through July 2020.

Feature Story On the greensward at Overton Park, members of the Central High School band take a few extra minutes to practice their parts as the rest of the band wraps up practice behind them. May 2021. (Cole Bradley) Healthy Communities

The parks are packed as Memphians look to work and play safely

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyThursday, May 13, 2021
Feature Story Belinda Kerusch dances with the Hollywood Showliners in the parking lot of the Hollywood Community Center during the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Sarah Rushakoff) Arts and Culture

Just keep dancing. My advice after 60 years of moving to the groove.

Belinda KeruschThursday, April 29, 2021
Feature Story A group of Memphis Shelby PAL youth pose for a photo during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Founder Craig Little stands at the back center. (Submitted) Kids and Education

Memphis Shelby PAL works to keep serving youth in the pandemic

Arieale MunsonThursday, April 22, 2021
Feature Story pandemickid Kids and Education

Is the pandemic an 'Adverse Childhood Experience'?

Tiffany Thomas-TurnerWednesday, April 21, 2021
Feature Story (Eric Ward, Creative Commons) Kids and Education

Kindred Place picks up where the ACE Awareness Foundation left off as organization shutters

Erica HortonWednesday, March 31, 2021
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Video: Barbecue and bouncing back with Cozy Corner

Cole BradleyThursday, February 11, 2021
Feature Story Starkisha James, 32, is a teacher at Newberry Elementary. (Shelia Williams) Healthy Communities

Back to School: A Memphis teacher shares her worries and bright spots

Shelia WilliamsThursday, December 3, 2020
Feature Story Geraldine Williams, 63, sits on her porch in North Memphis. Williams is a bus driver Durham School Services who says she'll be back in the driver's seat as soon as she can. (Shelia Williams) Healthy Communities

Back to School: A Memphis bus driver shares her struggles and fears

Shelia WilliamsWednesday, December 2, 2020
Feature Story Crab legs with Drop Sauce is a best-seller at Straight Drop Seafood in North Memphis. (Straight Drop Seafood) Entrepreneurship

New Straight Drop Seafood is the right thing to crave

Tamara CunninghamThursday, November 26, 2020
Feature Story Christine Jones and her mother Irma (behind) walk down the hall toward an exam room while being seen at the Guthrie Primary Care Clinic in Smokey City, North Memphis. (Andrea Morales, 2017). Healthy Communities

Healthcare has never been equitable and the pandemic is proof

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyThursday, November 12, 2020
Feature Story Lance Banks is a first grader at Perea Elementary School in North Memphis. (Submitted) Kids and Education

Kids speak on life and learning in the pandemic

Brandis LeveretteWednesday, November 11, 2020
Feature Story Kenzie Cleaves stands inside a vacant unit in her North Memphis apartment complex that she said has been unsecured for over a year. Unsafe housing conditions can increase COVID-19-related deaths. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

In poor communities, toxic housing is a risk factor for COVID-19 deaths

Chris Jones & Cole BradleyWednesday, September 30, 2020
Feature Story Derotha Payne-Obie mounts a recently completed puzzle at her dining room table. Prior to the pandemic, she attended the Lewis Senior Center. It closed in March under local and state mandates. (Tamara Cunningham) Healthy Communities

For senior citizens, the virus isn't the only pandemic danger. Isolation can be deadly.

Tamara CunninghamWednesday, September 16, 2020
Feature Story Alandria Ivory, a campaign worker for Memphis for All, takes a break during an early voting event at Glenview Community Center. (Andrea Morales) Community Development

Food giveaway and voter registration drive coming to North Memphis August 28

Cole BradleyWednesday, August 26, 2020
Feature Story Frank Johnson looks towards North Memphis' Penn A Kem, LLC chemical plant on the left hand side of the road. On the right is Douglass High School. (Ziggy Mack) Healthy Communities

The Pandemics: Decades of environmental racism is making COVID-19 more deadly in Black communities

Baris Gursakal & Cole BradleyThursday, August 20, 2020
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