At the Table

People’s Grocery historical marker in Memphis, Tennessee.
The People's Grocery and the Ida B. Wells Connection
October 29, 2026
1892. Three Black men had the audacity to run a clean, profitable grocery store. So of course, they had to die.
Close-up of raw Demerara cane sugar crystals.
The Free Man Who Rewired Sugar
October 29, 2026
You've used what he built your whole life. Probably even today.