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Fork in the road for Dr. Andrea Miller and LeMoyne-Owen College

Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell - 06/19/2019

GritGrindGrizz - Lee Eric Smith

BREAKING: Grizzlies trade Mike Conley to Utah Jazz

Lee Eric Smith - 06/19/2019

Memphis students say they feel ‘scared’ and ‘powerless’ after Brandon Webber’s shooting death

Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat Tennessee - 06/19/2019

COMMENTARY: Plastics are strangling the planet

NNPA NewsWire - 06/18/2019

Trump’s White House hires new director of African American outreach

NNPA NewsWire - 06/18/2019

Under growing tension, heralded turnaround leader Sharon Griffin resigns as head of achievement district

Caroline Bauman, Chalkbeat Tennessee - 06/18/2019

Tennessee Affordable Housing Coalition Organizes Training for Housing Providers

TSD Newsroom - 06/17/2019

#blacklivesmatter

T.I., the Central Park Five, and Ebenezer Baptist Church Kick Off Summit to End Mass Incarceration

The Root - 06/17/2019

Black History Facts

Image of Harriet Tubman $20 bill mock-up revealed

thegrio - 06/17/2019

Chevrolet Gives HBCU Students an Opportunity to ‘Discover the Unexpected’

NNPA NewsWire - 06/17/2019

Fork in the road for Dr. Andrea Miller and LeMoyne-Owen College

Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell - 06/19/2019

Dr. Andrea Lewis Miller, who was once deemed the right candidate at the right moment “for such a time as this” at LeMoyne-Owen College,...

BREAKING: Grizzlies trade Mike Conley to Utah Jazz

06/19/2019

Memphis students say they feel ‘scared’ and ‘powerless’ after Brandon Webber’s...

06/19/2019

COMMENTARY: Plastics are strangling the planet

06/18/2019

Trump’s White House hires new director of African American outreach

06/18/2019

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TSDtv: History – Hidden In Plain Sight

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TSDtv: History Hidden In Plain Sight — The University of West Tennessee

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TSDtv: History Hidden In Plain Sight — The People's Grocery

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TSDtv – History: Hidden In Plain Sight — Tragic Deaths launch 1968 Sanitation Strike

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TSDtv – History: Hidden In Plain Sight — The Martin Brothers, The Memphis Red Sox and Martin Stadium

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Community

SECHS students giving back on Giving Tuesday

Lee Eric Smith - 11/24/2017

Shelby County Commissioners direct $20,000 to Bernal E. Smith II scholarship

TSD Newsroom - 12/09/2017

Mosque 55’s training seminar set for two-day run, Dec. 15-16

Karanja A. Ajanaku - 12/15/2017

Metro Memphis

For Jo Ellen Bates, The Four Way was pleasure shared

Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell - 06/13/2019

ANALYSIS: Organizers want focus on The People’s Agenda, not endorsements

Lee Eric Smith - 06/13/2019

Commissioners move to decriminalize low-level marijuana offenses

Erica R. Williams - 06/13/2019

Entertainment

‘Emanuel’ draws Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta support

TSD Newsroom - 06/16/2019

Film, fellowship puts Memphian Jamey Hatley on course for the big screen

Karanja A. Ajanaku - 06/14/2019

Juneteenth Urban Music Festival to rock Robert R. Church Park June 14-16

TSD Newsroom - 06/13/2019

Sports

BREAKING: Grizzlies trade Mike Conley to Utah Jazz

Lee Eric Smith - 06/19/2019

Memphis Grizzlies introduce new coach…again

Lee Eric Smith - 06/13/2019

Summer is in session for Penny and the Tigers

Terry Davis - 06/12/2019

Tri-State: News from Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas

Tennessee Affordable Housing Coalition Organizes Training for Housing Providers

TSD Newsroom - 06/17/2019

Gov. Bill Lee signs bill waiving expungement fee for formerly incarcerated

Lee Eric Smith - 06/12/2019

Tennessee Board of Regents to consider tuition and fee increases averaging 2.45 percent

TSD Newsroom - 06/04/2019