Orange Mound hosts a growing underground rap scene as well as national hip-hop stars. The hit rap duo 8 Ball & MJG (Premro Smith and Marlon Jermain Goodwin) grew up in Orange …

For many Memphians, Orange Mound is the epitome of a historic black neighborhood, and it is one of the city’s oldest. In its heyday, Orange Mound was a center of black culture and the …

Orange Mound is an African-American neighborhood located in the southeast part of the Memphis, Tennessee. Orange Mound is the first African American community built solely by …

Oct 8, 2017 · Orange Mound, a Memphis community created for African Americans in the late nineteenth century, is a significant example of how “Jim Crow” segregation impacted …

Established in 1890, our beloved neighborhood is the oldest African American community in the City of Memphis. JUICE Orange Mound is committed to serve current residents–starting with …

The neighborhood of Orange Mound (population 5,814) is a historic African American community located in Memphis, Tennessee, about 6 miles east of the city center. Its name comes from …

Historically Orange Mound is a community of home owners and was the first African American neighborhood in America to be built by blacks and for blacks. The community originated on the …

Dec 7, 2024 · His son, William Pitt Deaderick (1827-1889) and Martha S. “Mattie” Park Deaderick (1844-1029) developed it into the Orange Mound “planned community” for African-Americans - …

Sixty years of building that cohesion within Orange Mound resulted in a well-organized community network poised to help elevate Memphis politics above its segregationist past.

Apr 2, 2018 · MLK Jr. was fond of Orange Mound, the first residential area in the South settled by African-Americans. Today it sees that heritage as key to its renaissance. Click here for …