Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Justin Pope https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/1021 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2026 How Boss Crump stared down a governor's threat to send the National Guard to Memphis https://dailymemphian.com/article/56145 <p>Memphians may be intrigued to learn what happened in 1938&nbsp; in a world where Memphis stood largely united against a National Guard deployment, behind a self-assured leader with a powerful political organization and friends in Washington, D.C.</p> editor@dailymemphian.com (Robert Dean Pope) Front Page Metro Public Safety https://dailymemphian.com/article/56145 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:00:13 -0500