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Supreme Court to Hear Starbucks Bid to Overturn Labor Ruling

The coffee chain has challenged a federal judge’s order to reinstate a group of union activists who were fired at a store in Memphis.

By Noam Scheiber

Biographical Information Guitars Jackson, Cordell (1923-2004 ) Memphis (Tenn) Moon Records Pop and Rock Music Women and Girls

Overlooked No More: Cordell Jackson, Elder Stateswoman of Rock ’n’ Roll

A pioneering record-label owner and engineer, she played guitar in a raw and unapologetically abrasive way. “Whatever song it was,” she said, “I always creamed it.”

By Howard Fishman

Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) internal-open-access Memphis (Tenn) Organized Labor

How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Changed the Labor Movement

The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of that spirit.

By Kurtis Lee

Bible & Tire D-Vine Spirituals Gospel Music King, Elizabeth (Singer) Memphis (Tenn) Nineteen Hundred Seventies Shipp, Juan D Ward, Elder Jack

Bible & Tire Brings D-Vine Spirituals’ Memphis Gospel Back to Life

A half-century ago, Elizabeth King and Elder Jack Ward recorded for D-Vine Spirituals. The label’s masters found a new home, giving their music — old and new — a second chance.

By Stephen Deusner