Best of all, the city ofMemphis, Tennessee is considered more business friendly. Memphis is home to the world’s first hotel chain, first self-serve grocery store, and is known as the city that invented overnight package delivery service. Read on to learn why Memphis could be an attractive...
Piggly Wiggly started out in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, where it was the nation's first self-service grocery store, cutting costs by replacing the traditional model of clerks who would fetch goods from shelves for customers. The format was franchised to grocery store operators, largely in the ...
The Peabody Memphis is in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, right in the heart of the city. The hotel is just one block from the Mississippi River, a few minutes’ walk from historic Beale Street and the FedEx Forum arena — home of the Memphis Grizzlies — and conveniently placed to explore ...
The Isley Brothers, American R&B and rock band that began recording in the late 1950s and continued to have hit records in the 1960s and ’70s with music that ranged from rhythm and blues to soul to funk. Their hit songs included ‘Shout,’‘It’s Your
Arceneaux was at home in Memphis, Tennessee, when she got a surprising call in January. She was asked if she would represent St. Jude in space. As a lifelong space fan who loves adventures, Arceneaux has traveled widely and loves roller coasters. Isaacman, who flies fighter airplanes for...
Booker T. and the MG’s, Americanbandthat was among the finestinstrumentalensembles insoul musicin the 1960s. The original members were organistBooker T. Jones (b. November 12, 1944, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.), drummerAl Jackson, Jr. (b. November 27, 1935, Memphis—d. October 1, 1975...
Originally conceived of by Mark C. Hartz in 1954, the “Great American Pyramid” was once going to be a complex involving three pyramids on the banks of the Mississippi River. As a nod to the city’s namesake, the Memphis pyramids were to be built as two-thirds scale replicas of the ...
the Great Migration. They were fleeing a world where they were restricted to the most menial of jobs, underpaid if paid at all, and frequently barred from voting. Between 1880 and 1950, an African-American was lynched more than once a week for some perceived breach of the racial hierarchy...
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Karol G won her first GRAMMY Award, taking home the golden gramophone for Best Música Urbana Album for 'Mañana Será Bonito.'