Karanja A. Ajanaku
Beale St. welcomes 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Parade
Supporters of the Iowa State Cyclones found themselves on common ground with backers of the University of Memphis Tigers on Friday afternoon, with both camps of rooters on Beale St. for the 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Parade.
Photojournalist Warren Roseborough teamed up with TSD Associate...
ON POLITICS: Karl Dean and the governor’s race
Putting in the legwork in his bid to win the Democratic Party nomination for governor, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean recently visited the office of The New Tri-State Defender. It was his second visit, with this one yielding this conversation with the TSD’s Associate...
Sherra Wright due in California court today; Extradition expected
UPDATE: Sherra Wright set to appear in California courtroom today. The court is expected to extradict her back to Memphis to face charges in the murder of her ex-husband Lorenzen Wright. More details as this story unfolds.
Operation Rebound – the ongoing investigative probe that...
Mosque 55’s training seminar set for two-day run, Dec. 15-16
Mosque 55’s training seminar set for two-day run, Dec. 15-16 “It’s all about the youth” will be the focus as Muhammad Mosque 55 of the Nationof Islam hosts the 7th Annual Mid-SouthTraining Seminar Dec. 15-16.
“It’s our aim to prepare the Memphis and The Mid-South...
JUSTICE FOR LORENZEN?
Year after year, Lorenzen Wright’s mother and other family members have gathered on the plaza outside of the FedExForum to fan the flame of interest in the former pro-basketball players unsolved homicide in July 2010.
Technically, it was a cold case – a homicide without...
UPDATED: Lorenzen Wright’s murder: Finally, an indictment and arrest
Billy R. Turner!
That's the name now associated with the killing of Lorenzen Wright, the Memphis-grown basketball star who was last seen alive on July 18, 2010, when he left the home of his ex-wife in Collierville.
Turner, 46, of Collierville, was indicted Tuesday. He is...
Kyndall Harris: Dancing with Janet II
For Kyndall Harris, Memphis is "home" and when she hits the stage Wednesday night dancing at Janet Jackson's concert at the FedExForum she will be all about handling her business.
At 14, Kyndall is a businesswoman. Her basic products are her talents, including the ability...
Rev. Ralph White: ‘We’ve got to have a plan’ on gun violence
The Rev. Ralph White got a call on Tuesday asking him to make his way to the Riverview Community Center for the vigil being planned that night for 10-year-old Richard Jordan II, who had been killed the day before during a drive-by shooting at...
Bernal E. Smith II: A Final Farewell
The ground-floor portion of the sanctuary at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church-Westwood swelled to capacity, yielding the overflow to ascending rows of seats. Such was the turnout for the homegoing of The New Tri-State Defender’s publisher, Bernal E. Smith II.
Mr. Bernal Elery Smith II died...
LEGACY: Alen V. ‘Shea’ Norman
A “complete gift.”
When you’ve known someone for nearly 30 of the 45 years of his life, that is how you sum up the time when the person was gospel-recording artist “Shea” Norman and you knew him as Deborah Thomas did.
“He was loving, talented and...