There are 4 article(s) tagged Charles Champion:

• September 2024

  • Championing growth: Iconic Memphis pharmacy expands

    “He would be so overjoyed today. I feel his presence now,” Dr. Carol Loree Champion said of her late father, Dr. Charles Champion, who opened his pharmacy and herb store in South Memphis in 1981. 

    By Michael Waddell September 22, 2024

• January 2023

  • South Memphis pharmacist Charles Champion dies at 92

    Charles Champion was the first Black pharmacist at John Gaston Hospital, now known as Regional One Health.

    By Alicia Davidson January 21, 2023

• February 2022

  • Black History Month events roll in for February

    Stax, National Civil Rights Museum and gear up to celebrate Black History Month.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 02, 2022

• August 2020

  • South Memphis community lines up to celebrate Charles Champion

    Pioneering Black pharmacist Dr. Charles Champion was showered with adoration by motorists in South Memphis with a drive-thru celebration outside his neighborhood drug store.

    By Jared Boyd August 23, 2020