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Eighty miles south of Graceland and a step back in time, Shankerman’s Men’s Wear Store and its owner Floyd Shankerman, 79, are an inseparable part of Clarksdale, Mississippi’s history and a vestige of another era. Shankerman is known for his tuxedos as well as his tunes — a purveyor of fashions of the bygone Mad Men days and a talented singer of Elvis ballads. But he’s also a symbol of progress in Clarksdale, having long brought together people from different generations, religions and races at his store

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Eighty miles south of Graceland and a step back in time, Shankerman’s Men’s Wear Store and its owner Floyd Shankerman, 79, are an inseparable part of Clarksdale, Mississippi’s history and a vestige of another era. Shankerman is known for his tuxedos as well as his tunes — a purveyor of fashions of the bygone Mad Men days and a talented singer of Elvis ballads. But he’s also a symbol of progress in Clarksdale, having long brought together people from different generations, religions and races at his store
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