by Jennifer Sharp --
A pitch is being made to preserve the South Memphis history of Pine Hill Park and The Links at Pine Hill and Downtown’s Robert R. Church Park, which is bordered by Beale St. and Bishop G....
The Music Room at 5770 Shelby Oaks Dr. was the venue as the Memphis Black Arts Alliance hosted its Summer Camp Showcase on July 4th weekend.
The camp finale, which was held last Saturday (July 1) featured African, Caribbean and...
Annual peace and love messages delivered through community walks are not uncommon in Westwood. This year, however, the familiar took on a bit of a different look.
Amid vendors, supporters and community friends, the Rev. Melvin Watkins, pastor of Mt....
Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon spoke candidly about his firing from the 24-hour news network to an attentive audience at the Memphis Branch NAACP’s Freedom Fund Celebration on Saturday (June 17).
The 57-year-old Lemon, who joined CNN in 2006,...
The mother of a 4-year-old Tennessee girl who was reported missing told authorities after a daylong search that the girl had been dead for several weeks, according to a police affidavit.
Remains believed to be those of Sequoia Samuels were found late...
Sick and tired of enduring 18 years of racially discriminatory working conditions and practices, Memphis’ African-American firefighters had enough.
Tired of being sick and tired (to borrow a phrase from the late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer), those African-American...
The 30th birthday party for Tyre Nichols Monday (June 5) at Fourth Bluff Park had practically everything – music, rappers, spoken-word performances, and tons of family fun.
More than 500 people came out to honor and remember the young African-American...
The Heal the Hood All-Star Celebrity Weekend is June 9th-10th and this year it will feature the Kevin Whitted All-Star Youth Basketball Camp.
A former NBA player, Whitted played for the Dallas Mavericks and overseas. He has trained dozens of...
Ask Jannie Louise Rucker Winfrey what should happen next after she celebrated her 103rd birthday, she will tell you, “Start making plans for the 104th birthday.”
When you live 103 years, your life is filled with stories – happy and...
Among the ways to measure maturity is taking a stand for a future better than the present and that was the collective posture of Frayser-area students, who recently made a public pitch for a new high school.
The Trezevant High...