What’s next for Aretha Franklin’s birthplace after it was sold on courthouse steps
Aretha Franklin’s first home on Lucy Avenue, pictured on Monday, July 15, 2024, has been sold. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Local preservationist Anasa Troutman purchased the house in a foreclosure sale.
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Anasa Troutman Aretha FranklinKing Jemison
King Jemison is completing a journalism master’s program at Northwestern University. After graduating from Stanford University in 2021, he taught elementary school in Memphis for two years.
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