There are 2 article(s) tagged O.Z. Stephens:

• July 2025

  • Commission races shaping up. Mayoral hopefuls’ campaign filings. Memphis loses desegregation leader.

    Also in our political roundup: Mick Wright says he won’t seek office in 2026. And a top administrator to Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert promises to run for office next year.

    By Bill Dries July 20, 2025

• January 2024

  • Chapter One: Desegregation before the buses

    Court-ordered busing began in the Memphis City Schools system in 1973, 19 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racially segregated public schools should be integrated with “all deliberate speed.” But MCS had tried other methods at integration before busing.

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2024