Guest Column: Memories of Stax, the late Jim Stewart and Isaac Hayes’ powder blue Caddy
Guest Columnist
H. Scott Prosterman
H. Scott Prosterman is a native Memphian and a graduate of White Station, Rhodes College and the University of Michigan. He is a writer and communications consultant in Oakland.
“Stax history is about the music but also about the integration and racial healing in Memphis and the nation.”
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