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Soulsville USA street to be renamed after Stax legend James Alexander, the only living member of Otis Redding’s backup band, the original Bar-Kays

Deep in the heart of the South Memphis neighborhood known as Soulsville USA sits a historic artery know as Stafford Avenue, located between College Street and Fountain Court just one block from the former home of Stax Records, where the Stax Museum of American Soul Music stands today. In a special ceremony on Sunday, April

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Currently in our Changing Gallery: “LOVE IN THE CLUB: Black Chicago Nightclub Photos by Michael Abramson 1974-1976”

This exhibit runs March 11 – September 4, 2022. Chicago’s South Side nightlife in the mid 1970s was a far-out party scene that brimmed over with style and free expression to the sounds of blues, disco, funk, and soul. A photographer from New Jersey, Michael Abramson, became so infatuated with this slice of underground life

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BHM VIRTUAL TOUR & CONCERT REGISTRATION 2022

EDUCATORS! STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC and  STAX MUSIC ACADEMY present: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022 – FREE VIRTUAL STAX MUSEUM FILM & STAX MUSIC ACADEMY CONCERT This is a tremendous, no-cost opportunity for you to share live music, history, life lessons, and more with thousands of your students. Learn about the music and history made

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Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Museum & Stax Music Academy Receive $150,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan; one of only two Memphis organizations to receive a grant

  MEMPHIS — The Soulsville Foundation, which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Stax Music Academy at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, is pleased to announce it has been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the

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Currently in our Changing Gallery: “LOVE IN THE CLUB: Black Chicago Nightclub Photos by Michael Abramson 1974-1976.”

Join us for an opening reception party at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music for our newest exhibit, “LOVE IN THE Club: Chicago Nightclub Photos by Michael Abramson 1974-1976.” Friday March 11, 6-8 pm at the Stax Museum. Free admission.. Music by DJ Bizzle Bluebland in a DJ booth, food, beer by Soul & Spirits

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