Actress Trisha Jeffrey talks to reporters in front of the Mary Church Terrell bust at the Memphis Suffrage Monument on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Jonathan Mintz/Special to The Daily Memphian)

“Suffs,” which runs at the Orpheum Theatre July 31-Aug. 2, highlights the Black activists behind the women’s suffrage movement, including two Memphians.

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