All posts tagged "Mayor Jim Strickland"

#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

With ‘respect’ for the process, Herenton bows to voters’ decision

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...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

Union Row developer rolls out pledge for 28 percent MWBE participation

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — A massive $990 million development is taking shape in Downtown Memphis that promises opportunity and innovation for the entire city. On Thursday night...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

A CLOSER LOOK AT: Dr. Willie. W. Herenton: ‘We’re heading back to City Hall’

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dr. Willie W. Herenton recalled the days when he attended segregated public schools and was forced to sit at the back of...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

Backlash sinks magazine cover deemed racist by many

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The magazine featured caricatures of three mayoral candidates — Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland and former Mayor Dr. Willie...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

Tennis Center gets council OK; priority question raised

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — After some controversy, Memphis City Council members approved a resolution appropriating $3 million of the $19 million needed for the expansion of the...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

COMMENTARY: The Black Man Who Saved Memphis: Robert R. Church

NNPA NEWSWIRE — An editorial in the Evening Scimitar in 1899 put Church’s legacy in this context: “It may be said of Robert R. Church that...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

People’s Convention organizers want focus on The People’s Agenda, not endorsements

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher thinks that focusing so much attention on the endorsements misses the bigger news story — that for all the...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

Memphis People’s Convention all about The People’s Agenda

NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a diverse collection of 500-plus Memphians steadily streamed into the Paradise Entertainment Complex on Georgia Avenue, there wasn’t so much a set...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

Grant paves way to “Take ‘Em Down 901” one-act play

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The real-life drama that culminated with the removal of Confederate-era statues from what had been two Memphis-owned parks will be the subject of...
#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

Social Justice warrior Alice Marie Johnson is dancing free

NNPA NEWSWIRE — ohnson garnered national attention when reality star and business mogul Kim Kardashian West became an advocate for her freedom. On June 6, 2018,...

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With ‘respect’ for the process, Herenton bows to voters’ decision

Union Row developer rolls out pledge for 28 percent MWBE participation

A CLOSER LOOK AT: Dr. Willie. W. Herenton: ‘We’re heading back to City Hall’

Backlash sinks magazine cover deemed racist by many

Tennis Center gets council OK; priority question raised

COMMENTARY: The Black Man Who Saved Memphis: Robert R. Church

People’s Convention organizers want focus on The People’s Agenda, not endorsements

Memphis People’s Convention all about The People’s Agenda

Grant paves way to “Take ‘Em Down 901” one-act play

Social Justice warrior Alice Marie Johnson is dancing free

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