This is not a picture one would have seen during the battles over Memphis’s Overton Park.  When planning for Interstate 40’s route through Memphis began in the 50’s, one could have found Blacks in parts of that park only on Tuesdays; the park was for Whites only on other days.  An urban oasis near downtown, largely surrounded … Continue reading Citizens to Preserve Overton Park – Race-Inflected Below Its Surface, by Peter L. Strauss