A popular Memphis figure in children’s motivational workshops has dropped a colorful and creative book with an important message: “Don’t Touch A Gun.”
Ekpe Abioto, a self-styled “musical philanthropist” has been drumming and chanting positive messages to children for nearly...
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One of Memphis’ premiere service organizations for African-American women -- River City (TN) Chapter of The Links, Inc. -- is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Last Sunday’s luncheon in the event space of Methodist South Hospital was only a foretaste of a...
On the bed of a pickup truck parked in the protest-blocked intersection of Poplar Ave. and Danny Thomas Blvd., L.J. Abraham was gazing westward toward the heart of Downtown Memphis when asked what she was thinking at that very...
In 1973, the Afro American Police Association was founded to help recruit more Black police officers to the Memphis Police Department.
The thinking was that Black police officers would be more understanding and compassionate to Black Memphians than their white...
Yes, it was streamed live and those who chose to witness it that way were the better for it.
Others chose to brave a treacherous mix of icy sheets and snow that made driving – even walking – an exercise...
With the pursuit of “justice for Tyre” warranting a multi-pronged approach, a call for a “community oversight board that has subpoena power” was issued Sunday by Gloria Sweetlove, president of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP.
In Memphis, she...
In pursuit of "Justice for Tyre!" -- part of a bigger and ongoing push -- for many, protesters took the streets in Memphis following the public release Friday night of video footage showing a quintet of officers from the...
A day after standing firm on continuing the Memphis Police Department’s SCORPION unit, MPD Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis reversed course.
“In the process of listening intently to the family of Tyre Nichols, community leaders, and the uninvolved officers who have...
Sandwiched between a morning call to disband the police SCORPION unit and protesters who shut down the “old bridge” on I-55 in the evening, the release of video footage showing the inhumane police beating of Tyre D. Nichols was...