Five Things To Do This Weekend in Memphis: February 5th-7th
I ⤠February: a sampling of Memphis weekend events in celebration of Black History Month and Valentineâs Day.
Friday, February 5, 6 p.m. Ã
Book Discussion by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
An all-star cast breaks down 400 years of African-American history in a one-volume epic journey,Â
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019. Ninety writersâ stories are told from todayâs perspective as each writer takes on a five-year period of that four-hundred-year span. The book, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, will be discussed from the National Civil Rights Museumâs forum on its release date in honor of Black History Month. Join the discussion, hear from contributors, and order your autographed, hard-bound copy through the
instead the river is now knocking on front doors. we ve had rain. it s been high. but we didn t have a catastrophic flood type rain. and so we were getting water from another state. that makes this kind of unusual. reporter: not a cloud in the sky. these waters are coming from storm events in oklahoma. this has been the worst one because it s unprecedented. there s no history. reporter: after the breach of a levee friday morning, the county predicts 350 homes could be flooded or inaccessible due to road blocks. the mayor is working with state and federal teams to come up with different strategies to prevent floodwaters from taking over different parts of the city. everything is under water. reporter: this was a park. where the water is now is where joyce cobb likes to sit after church on sunday. now she and fellow dardenalle