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In his second term, President Donald Trump is openly profiteering from the presidency (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump: Pass SAVE Act "for Jesus"

Alex Galbraith
Several members of law enforcement walk down Mullins Station Rd where various state and federal law enforcement agencies involved in the Memphis Safe Task Force. (Photo by Austin Johnson/ Getty Images)

Memphis task force accused of harassment

Wendi C. Thomas, Katherine Burgess - ProPublica
Donald Trump, taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Image)

Trump commits Guard troops to Memphis

Alex Galbraith
Demonstrators participate in a protest against the police killing of Tyre Nichols on January 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

America's most enduring myth

Chauncey DeVega
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A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The public consumption of Black pain

Chauncey DeVega
Flowers left by fans outside Graceland to pay respects to Lisa Marie Presley on January 13, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)

I gave my heart away at Graceland

Kelly McClure
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., perhaps the most famous American who was counted among the Christian Left. (AP)

Remembering the real Martin Luther King

Rachel Leah
Yolanda Renee King, grand daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Andrew Harnik/Charles Kelly)

Time for a Young People's Campaign?

Sophia A. McClennen
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A statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sits in a park in Memphis, Tennessee (AP/Adrian Sainz)

Memphis Confederate statues come down

Matthew Rozsa
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in "Gone with the Wind" (Loew's Inc.)

"Gone With the Wind" banned

Gabriel Bell

Kali Holloway - Alternet
(AP/Charles W. Harrity/Wikimedia)

"A vision for rock 'n' roll"

Scott Timberg
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Bob Church (University of Memphis Special Collections)

The original "Empire"

Preston Lauterbach
Willis Earl Beal in "Memphis"

A moody trip through "Memphis"

Andrew O'Hehir
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Let us drink in public!

Henry Grabar
Rev. Dr. Eric L. Winston

From the pulpit to the people

Alex Halperin
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Prachi Gupta
(Reuters)

Don Terry - Southern Poverty Law Center
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