‘Those people’ and a lawsuit: Discrimination allegations hit DeSoto County tourism
Todd Mastry, former executive director of the Landers Center, said in a lawsuit he filed on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, that he was fired after denying requests from members of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors to stop booking Black artists at the venue. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The core of the civil lawsuit focuses on allegations concerning Black performers and audiences at the Landers Center.
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Landers Center DeSoto County Board of Supervisors DeSoto County Convention and Visitors BureauBrandon LaGrone II
Brandon LaGrone Jr. is a Bluff City native who has earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from LSU’s Manship School. He’s written for publications including The (Baton Rouge) Advocate and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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