Erica HortonWednesday, February 28, 2018
Once a suburb thriving with amenities, Whitehaven is saddled with outside perceptions that the neighborhood is poor because its demographics flipped from white to black. Its native retailers, like Southland Mall (the oldest operating mall in Memphis), know the advantage of adapting to a changing audience — even as big-box names are drawn across the border to Southaven, Mississippi.