NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — To friends and those who knew him best, Mr. Robinson was a fierce advocate for public housing residents. Others held a much...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “My message will be one of hope,” said Dr. Nelms. “I will extol the power of education. Mama told me, ‘If...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Pen the title Shelby County Sheriff to that reflection and add the name Floyd Bonner Jr. and you have a point of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dr. Willie W. Herenton’s mayoral-bid supporters filled his Westwood headquarters Thursday evening full of hope and dreaming of another history-making night, but it...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — A diverse gathering of concerned leaders and community activists are heralding “Walk For Peace and Memphis Family Day” on October 12. Details...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Pastor Dawson and the nearly 300-member congregation marked the church’s 159th anniversary with a program that marked the occasion and a season of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Withers Collection teamed with the Memphis Branch of the Association for the The Withers Collection and the Afro American Historical & Genealogical...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — he billing for the Sistahs Soiree Brunch offered advance notice: “…be ready for some candid conversations.” With the Memphis Botanical Garden as the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mr. Leach and fellow sanitation workers rose up and in unison shouted to the world, “I AM A MAN.” They marched against the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our priorities are to bring economic opportunities to this city for our people, public safety, creating a quality school system, a cleaner city,...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Doris Thomas Hill, the founder and chief administrator of the South Memphis-based ESPN Academy, was determined to make the academy’s 19th anniversary celebration...
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — The first woman appointed president of the then 153-year-old college, the city’s only historically black college/university (HBCU), Dr. Andrea Lewis Miller, a graduate...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When we unify, we can work with people we wouldn’t normally get along with. Our commonality is that we all want the best...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For 35 years, Ruth Tate directed the activities, special events, bus excursions, and even a trip to Europe for senior participants. Tate is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Poor people are just trying to survive. A church leader cannot openly abuse power and money while people are getting around on buses...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Phoebe Roaf’s life-changing direction culminated when Bishop Elect Phoebe Roaf became the first female and the first African American elected to lead the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our true mission is art for a better way of life,” said Joyce Cox, Blues City Cultural Center (BCCC) board chair. “When we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “So, this is a great day for the community because of this day, before Resurrection Sunday, a great resurrection is occurring on Ayers...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes Jr. set the March 15 deadline for mediation. BFAA filed a lawsuit last year against billion-dollar, seed-breeding...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Rosie Phillips Davis is the second African-American woman to lead the APA. The gavel was passed to her from Jessica Henderson Daniel,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — LOC CDC president Michael Minor praised the “spirit of cooperation and pure joy” from young people at the school who were on hand...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Poor Man’s Store was built in 1947,” said Matthews. “I kept the original name of the store, and it became ‘Matthews Poor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When Westwood High School graduate Kevin Branch was promoted to colonel – or “full bird” for the Army nerds – in the U.S....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The descendants of Earnest Lee Boyland from Mason, Tenn. filed a lawsuit in the 1990s alleging that the USDA adhered to discriminatory policies...
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