Karanja A. Ajanaku

Bernal E. Smith II was inextricably interwoven with The 100 Black of Men of Memphis, which now has established a memorial fund in his honor. Smith, publisher of The New Tri-State Defender, died Sunday at age 45. He was president of the 100 from 2003-2011. The...

The home-going service for Bernal E. Smith II, publisher of The New Tri-State Defender and a committed servant leader, has been set for Friday. Mr. Smith died at his home Sunday afternoon. His wife, Towanda Smith, said doctors attributed his death to natural causes. He was 45. Mt....

Bernal E. Smith II, publisher of The New Tri-State Defender, died at his home Sunday afternoon, a family spokesman said. Mr. Smith was with family when he was found. The family spokesman asked that the family's privacy be respected at this time. No further details were...

Late last year, the Rev. Dr. Alvin O’Neal Jackson got a call from an officer at the National Civil Rights Museum asking him to chair the museum’s National MLK50 Clergy Executive Committee. After an illustrious ministerial career – including a long run at Mississippi...

Karanja A. Ajanaku – Let’s go forward and say that everything that you want to happen has happened. And now you’re getting ready to walk out on stage the day of the opening. What are you going to tell the people? Roy Barnes – I...

Count State Sen. Lee Harris in when it comes to the race for mayor of Shelby County. The District 29 representative let his intentions be known with a written statement distributed Wednesday. “I am running because I believe we can make our community a place where...

Memphis is experiencing a “slow-moving self-reinforcing decline in transit, which could be called a vicious cycle of declining ridership and service.” That picture emerges from the Transit Vision Choices Report prepared by Jarrett Walker + Associates and released on the Memphis 3.0 web portal on...

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