Shootings inside East Memphis library leave a man dead, officer critically...

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Vice President Kamala Harris, the highest-serving African-American woman in U.S. history, arrives in Memphis at Wilson Air Center ahead of the funeral for Tyre D. Nichols. In an icy rain, she spoke for several minutes with Mayor Jim Strickland and more briefly with Mickell Lowery (not pictured), the chairman of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners. (Photo: Karanja A. Ajanaku/The New Tri-State Defender)

Seizing the funeral of ‘Tyre’ as an African American history moment

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‘What we’ve been working on for 50 years, they destroyed in...

Lee Eric Smith - 02/02/2023

Homegoing for ‘Tyre’ was more than a funeral

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Black history class revised by College Board amid criticism

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Standing with Tyre’s family on the eve of his funeral

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Community

‘What we’ve been working on for 50 years, they destroyed in three minutes’

Lee Eric Smith - 02/02/2023

In 1973, the Afro American Police Association was founded to help recruit more Black police officers to the Memphis Police Department. The thinking was that...

Homegoing for ‘Tyre’ was more than a funeral

Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell - 02/02/2023

Yes, it was streamed live and those who chose to witness it that way were the better for it. Others chose to brave a treacherous...

JUSTICE FOR TYRE: NAACP seeks subpoena-powered community oversight board; sixth officer relieved of duty

Karanja A. Ajanaku - 01/30/2023

With the pursuit of “justice for Tyre” warranting a multi-pronged approach, a call for a “community oversight board that has subpoena power” was issued...

SLIDESHOW: In the streets for Tyre!

Karanja A. Ajanaku - 01/29/2023

In pursuit of "Justice for Tyre!" -- part of a bigger and ongoing push -- for many, protesters took the streets in Memphis following...

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