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‘Ida B. Wells Park’ strikes just the right note

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 21, 2020 4:00 AM CT | Published: May 21, 2020 4:00 AM CT
Otis Sanford
Daily Memphian

Otis Sanford

Otis Sanford holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and is the political analyst and commentator for WATN ABC24 News. Contact him at 901-678-3669 or at o.sanford@memphis.edu. Follow him on Twitter @otissanford.

Renaming Health Sciences Park after Ida B. Wells would honor one of the city’s most underappreciated historic figures.

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