The legacy of the world’s most exciting singer lives on through the Otis Redding Foundation Here at the Stax Museum, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School, Otis Redding fans from all over the world have been asking us in recent weeks what we are going to do to commemorate the 50th anniversary
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MEMPHIS, TN. – The Stax Museum of American Soul Music was awarded $47,500 to create a new program in 2018/2019 titled “Give A Damn: Stax Records and Social Justice, 1968-75,” the National Park Service announced yesterday. “Through the African American Civil Rights Grant Program, we’re helping our public and private partners tell unique and powerful stories
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The votes are in and soul music lovers all over the world have had their say by voting the Stax Museum of American Soul Music as one of the 10 Best Musical Attractions in the world in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice awards. Two other Memphis landmarks – Elvis Presley’s Graceland and Sun Studio –
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and the Memphis office of Facing History and Ourselves have partnered to create a new curriculum based on the history of Stax Records, which is now shared with educators around the world at no cost. Details
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The Stax Museum is proud to be honored with a 2015 Governor’s Arts Leadership Award
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