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Blues and Blood: The gospel according to Ryan Coogler

Sinners is a haunting blues musical where melodies summon spirits and salvation comes through song — not sword or stake

Kibo Ngowi

American rights activist: Mamie Till-Mobley in Mississippi in September 1955. Her teenage son Emmett Till was kidnapped and murdered after he allegedly whistled at a white woman. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

TV series ‘Let the World See’ a vital Mississippi story the world must hear

A new television series looks at the life and death of Emmet Till in the 1950s and the bravery of his mother

Ipeleng Derby-Molefe

A mural in Memphis depicting its musical legacy, and its complicated place in history as the site of Dr King’s assassination. (Photo: Fred de Vries)

SITTIN ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY

The ghosts of Memphis: The good, the bad, the rock ’n soul

The city where Martin Luther King Jr took his last breath remains haunted by urban blight, blues and soul

Fred de Vries