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Mimi Wiles, 2011

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Madjlesi, Amy
Li, Jiawen
Wiles, Martha
Seato, Vicki
Lipscomb, Harriott
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Neighborhood Histories, Music, Civil rights, Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), Integration, Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.)
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20110630_Mimi_Wiles
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Crossroads to Freedom Oral History Collection
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This is an interview with Martha (Mimi) Wiles; her daughter; and her granddaughter. Mrs. Willes discusses Court Ave. In Memphis, Tn and how it was the "Beale Street" of Memphis before the Beale Street revitalization. She also discusses the family business, Wiles Drugstore. She notes fond memories of the drugstore along with stories of integration within the store.