W.C. Handy House museum reopens after 6-month standoff
Andre Mathews joins a parade in honor of the "father of the blues" during a celebration on Aug. 10, 2019, to mark the reopening of the W.C. Handy House at Beale Street and South Fourth Street in Downtown Memphis. The house and museum has been closed for six months. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The shotgun house at Beale and Fourth has a new commitment by the city to promote W.C. Handy's music more than a century after he puts the blues on sheet music and spread the music form around the world.
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