Cossitt Library manager looks beyond books
Shamichael Hallman, a former minister who is now heading the project to reimagine the Cossitt Library, looks at a 144-year-old old edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal that was found sealed inside the original half of the city’s oldest library on Jan. 16, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
After a career blending tech and ministry, Shamichael Hallman is watching over renovations for Cossitt Library, a Downtown Memphis landmark with a complicated past.
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