Guest Column: Novella Smith Arnold Cromer built a beloved community in Memphis
Jim Bailey
Jim Bailey is a physician, novelist, and community health advocate in Memphis.
“In a world of widespread division, racial profiling, and individual, systemic, and institutional racism, Novella ignored all the social constructs that divided neighbors from one another.”
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