‘Ida B. Wells Park’ strikes just the right note
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
Renaming Health Sciences Park after Ida B. Wells would honor one of the city’s most underappreciated historic figures.
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