A three-day call for “All Black Men & Family” has been sounded for April 1-3.
The summons is to the One Million Black Fathers March being organized by Parenting With A Purpose, Inc., and Centurion Community Support Center.
“We need your...
A first-floor meeting room at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library recently was turned into a solutions-seeking unit for several hours on a Sunday afternoon .
Officially, it was the “Black Family Forum,” hosted by the Rev. Norman Redwing and...
Lance “Sweet Willie Wine” Watson’s decades-long fight for civil rights and social justice has ended. A generation symbol for “the freedom struggle,” he died expectedly on Saturday evening (March 25). He was 84.
Known for decades after the 1960s as...
Potential voters, especially those from “underrepresented, disinvested, disenfranchised, and underserved communities” are invited to the first in a series of meet-and-greet sessions the Memphis Peoples Convention has planned to provide them with an opportunity to speak directly with some...
With Jose Alverez, regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the hub, a roundtable discussion about local housing issues unfolded in the Memphis office of Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) on Tuesday.
“Our priority now...
by TaJuan Stout Mitchell --
Verna Hawkins Lambert lived a life and left a legacy showing how relationships can be built and love can be nurtured.
She died on March 12 at age 63.
I met Verna more than 30 years ago....
For voters of Tennessee House District 86, there’s only one person for the job as Democratic candidate Justin Pearson ran unopposed in the special election on Tuesday (March 14) to fill the seat vacated upon the death of longtime...
For the Kingdom – a 100-acre camp, conference, and retreat center in the Raleigh area – is one of 31 non-profits across the nation to receive a grant from the NBA Foundation.
The grant is a multi-year investment to fund For the...
For the SCORE CDC, the celebration of Women’s History Month is solid ground for featuring successful female entrepreneurs in the Mid-South.
SCORE stands for South City Opportunity Revitalization and Empowerment. The non-profit’s mission is to “promote community ownership, pride, dignity,...
The new Georgette and Cato Johnson YMCA in Memphis reflects a partnership between YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South and Methodist South Hospital to replace the Davis YMCA in Whitehaven with a state-of-the-art community resource center to serve as...