Guest column: Like Tom Lee, Memphis should believe in itself
Tom Lee saved 32 people when a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sternwheeler capsized on May 8, 1925. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Michelle McKissack
Michelle McKissack is Chair of the board for Memphis-Shelby County Schools and also a board member of Memphis River Parks Partnership. She formerly worked as a TV news anchor and reporter in Memphis.
On Tom Lee Day, the Tom Lee Poetry and Spoken Word Contest encourages young people to engage in the success of our city.
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