The Yard

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• 2018
• 1 hr 0 mins
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Rhodes College professor, Dr. Huebner's research reveals that there used to be a slave yard in the parking lot of the church he attends, situated in the middle of downtown Memphis. Not just any slave yard, but one belonging to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a famed general in the Confederate army. What irks Dr. Huebner is the existing marker on the edge of the property doesn't mention the fact that humans had been sold there by one of the South's favorite sons for immense profit and personal gain. "The Yard" is a story of courage to face the truth. A will for change. And the need to openly discuss a dark past to move on to a brighter future. Supported by contemporaries and Memphis historians, Dr. Huebner physically rectifies the past when he erects a marker that states the facts about the site on April 4th, 2018 (the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination). Dr. Huebner also pays tribute to 40 known slaves sold at "The Yard" over a century and a half ago.