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ACLU honors Turner for life of civil rights work

Former state Rep. Johnnie Turner didn’t participate in Memphis sit-ins during the 1960s in search of glory. Nor did she hear the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or ride the Memphis city buses fearing death during the 1960s thinking she would be recognized someday at a Nashville gala.

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Visible Music College building bought

Designed by Memphis architect Francis Gassner, the angular concrete, metal and glass building began as the headquarters for Commercial & Industrial Bank. It was featured on the cover of Architecture Record magazine in May 1972.

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