There are 2 article(s) tagged Daphene McFerren:

• May 2024

  • Hooks Institute takes long view of city in new U of M home

    Daphene McFerren grew up among people who knew how to make a difference. Her parents, John and Viola McFerren, are folk heroes in Fayette County for helping organize Tent City in the 1960s.

    By Jane Roberts May 07, 2024

• July 2022

  • Film aims to show how Memphis helped shape Ida B. Wells

    “I want people to see (Ida B. Wells) as a real person. I also want to see Memphis as a character in the development of Ida B. Wells because she’s not coming from thin air.”

    By Mikayla Higgins July 23, 2022