There are 11 article(s) tagged Ernest Withers:

• September 2022

  • Indie Memphis announces fest lineup, new leader

    International prize-winners and a deep array of local-interest documentaries highlight the lineup for the 25th Indie Memphis Film Festival. 

    By Chris Herrington September 13, 2022

  • Ernest Withers doc to open Indie Memphis Film Festival

    “The Picture Taker,” from producer and director Phil Bertelsen, takes on the life and work of one of the foremost chroniclers of Black American life during the early and mid-20th century.

    By Chris Herrington September 01, 2022

• July 2022

  • Calkins: The secret of Ernest Withers (now in an important podcast)

    Ernest Withers was an iconic civil rights photographer — and an FBI informant. A new podcast revisits the complicated, painful tale.

    By Geoff Calkins July 06, 2022

• January 2022

  • ‘I want my books to show children ... their voices do matter’

    Shelby County Schools library media specialist Alice Faye Duncan examines two critical points in both Tennessee and American history in her newest books “Evicted,” and “Opal Lee and What it Means to be Free.” 

    By Daja E. Henry January 09, 2022

• August 2021

  • ‘Hidden hero': The overlooked civil rights activism of Adjua Naantaanbuu

    As Memphis’ pandemic-delayed Africa In April festival starts Friday, supporters say it’s time to honor one of its early organizers, Adjua Naantaanbuu. 

    By Marc Perrusquia, Rachel Heimann Mercader August 06, 2021

• August 2020

  • This year ‘ghosts’ of Elmwood can visit you at home

    Some of the Memphis figures buried at Elmwood Cemetery star in a film by Willy Bearden that will be streamed Oct. 10. Bearden's documentary includes a key role for himself as a former mayor of Memphis. 

    By Chris Herrington August 10, 2020

• July 2020

  • Sanford: At a meeting in Memphis, John Lewis made his mission clear

    When he gave his moving address at the Memphis library to supporters – as well as some covert observers – the 27-year-old John Lewis was already a veteran in the fight for voting rights, equal accommodations and equal justice.

    By Otis Sanford July 22, 2020

• April 2019

  • Perrusquia: Conspiracy theory about MLK’s Memphis march skirts essential facts

    As the story goes, FBI agents hired provocateurs to smash store windows and start a riot designed to embarrass King. A recent account includes civil rights photographer Ernest Withers in the plot, but there's no credible proof for the theories. 

    By Marc Perrusquia April 04, 2019

• February 2019

  • Nelson: Ernest Withers – flawed but no less a hero

    Ernest Withers, the famous Memphis photographer, was also Ernest Withers the informant, a man whose life illustrates Martin Luther King's description of man's dual nature.

    By Michael Nelson February 21, 2019

• January 2019

  • Perrusquia: In an age of angst over police overreach, the recently filed surveillance lawsuit has broad implications

    Ernest Withers aimed his camera through a bramble of twisting oak limbs, sharpening his focus on a home atop a small hill.

    By Marc Perrusquia January 15, 2019

• September 2018

  • Brooks Museum showcases quartet of new exhibits and installations

    On Saturday, the Brooks Museum of Art will be active inside and out. The work of renowned Barcelona sculptor and artist Jaume Plensa will make a Memphis debut as his “Talking Continents” exhibit opens to the public. Meanwhile, a secretive, week-long “Outings" project installation from French artist Julien de Casabianca will begin at parts unknown across the city.

    By Chris Herrington September 23, 2018