There are 5 article(s) tagged Douglass Park:

• June 2024

  • Memphis hosts a variety of Juneteenth celebrations

    One event, Tone’s music festival, features Memphis rap legend Juicy J and Memphis producer HitKidd.

    By Kambui Bomani June 13, 2024

• June 2023

  • Juneteenth roots run deep in Douglass neighborhood

    “Douglass is exactly 40 acres and was given to a freed slave by his former slaveowner and that family still lives in Douglass,” said organizer Kathy Yancy-Temple. “My family were freed from this very land, and we have families that go back six, seven, even eight generations here.

    By Alicia Davidson June 19, 2023

• May 2022

  • North Memphis group to restart monthly mobile food pantry

    With growing inflation putting financial pressure on the Douglass community, a group is hosting a mobile food pantry Saturday, June 4.

    By Daja E. Henry May 31, 2022

  • Douglass Juneteenth festival showcases local artists

    An art contest is one of the highlights of The Juneteenth Freedom & Heritage Festival in the Douglass neighborhood. This year’s theme is United States Colored Troops, honoring Black men who served in the military during the Civil War.

    By Daja E. Henry May 09, 2022

• August 2019

  • City hosting ribbon-cutting for South Memphis park pavilion

    The pavilion replaces an older one at Lincoln Park that was significantly damaged by a tree.

    By Elle Perry August 21, 2019