John Elkington
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Transformer: John Elkington, BA’70, Revived Memphis’ Iconic Beale Street And Helped Bridge A Racial Divide
Thirty years ago John Elkington stood near the Mississippi River and looked east down historic Beale Street. The legendary jazz district, where blues pioneers W.C. Handy, Muddy Waters and B.B. King once played uniquely American music, resembled a war zone. The iconic area had become a wasteland of abandoned and… Read MoreJun 8, 2013