the untold story of yellow fever, the epidemic that shaped our history
Crosby, Molly Caldwell
2007
Chronicles the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1900, exploring how the disease spread and the lasting impact the epidemic had on American history.
the race riot that shook the nation one year after the Civil War
Ash, Stephen V.
Charts the aftermath of the 1866 race riots in Memphis Tennessee, charting the nation's response to the violence and how common citizens reacted. Reveals how these riots resulted in Congress' passing of Radical reconstruction policies that would forever transform American history and the fate of the South.
During the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis in 1878, twelve-year-old Eli and Addie, a young child he befriends, struggle to survive with the help of Addie's ghost-mother and a girl who works at the busy graveyard.
A biography of African American lawyer Benjamin Hooks, who continues to speak and teach about racial justice and equality since his 1992 retirement from the position of executive director of the NAACP.
During the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis in 1878, twelve-year-old Eli and Addie, a young child he befriends, struggle to survive with the help of Addie's ghost-mother and a girl who works at the busy graveyard.
Binky Braverman's stay with his aunt and uncle in Memphis unexpectedly proves to be full of adventure when characters on the boxes and jars in their kitchen come to life and become his friends.
For a class assignment, law student Rudy Baylor is required to provide free legal advice to a group of senior citizens. He stumbles onto one of the largest cases of insurance fraud ever seen.