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‘Do something’: NAACP town hall turns voting-rights concerns into a call to action
Register. Vote. Bring somebody with you. Then stay involved. For all the legal analysis, political history and warnings about threats to voting rights packed into Saturday morning’s Tennessee State Conference…
Sports
Southern Heritage Classic lives up to its name in double-overtime thriller
In an unbiased media universe, Saturday’s Southern Heritage Classic would have been the lead story on major sports networks, rather than a brief mention in a football roundup for historically…
Friends and foes: Southern Heritage Classic coaches share bond and mission
Make no mistake: Head football coaches Alonzo Hampton, of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and Cedric Thomas, of Alcorn State University, whose teams will play Saturday, Sept. 12, …
HBCU GO’s Curtis Symonds on the Southern Heritage Classic — and the business of Black college sports
When Curtis Symonds looks at the Southern Heritage Classic, he sees considerably more than a football game: He sees a model. Long before Symonds became president and co-founder of the…
Lifestyle & Culture
Eriq La Salle’s ‘Laws of Solomon’ brings a child soldier’s violent past into a gripping new thriller
“Laws of Solomon” by Eriq La Salle, c.2026, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 304 pages Finally, after lots of mental effort on your part and the passage of time, you’ve left…
Entertainment
Tay Keith Music Lab turns Grammy-nominated producer’s legacy into opportunity for young creators
The world knows Tay Keith as a native Memphian and hitmaking producer who worked with music industry luminaries such as Beyoncé and Drake. But Keith’s sister, Lisa Austin, remembers him…
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Nolan Wells’ family pushes back after grand jury declines to recommend charges in his death
By Sophie Bates, Claudia Lauer and Dave Collins JACKSON, Miss. — A grand jury has declined to recommend charges in the…
Cases of Black people found hanged in the US South are a reminder of nation’s lynching history
By Corey Williams and Kristin M. Hall The death of a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree has stirred…
T.J. Hardaway departs District 93 race, Gilkey ruled ineligible
Change of plans — again. Interim state Rep. T.J. Hardaway has ended his write-in campaign for Tennessee House District 93. Instead,…
Mississippi police arrest a man in the death of Tasia Fortune
By Jaimie Ding and Kristin Hall Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman…