by Jerome Robinson, Special to The New Tri-State Defender
On November 10th of 2016, Dr. Trevor K. Thompson’s life came to an end. Trevor is how most people know him.
He was the guy with the big smile, the big heart...
Each year, more African-American men are entering college, but reports show that only half of them are finishing. At the University of Memphis those numbers hit close to home with the graduation rate of African-American men standing at less...
Recording artist Tank electrified Memphis with a sold-out performance Sunday at The New Daisy Theatre.
Billed as the Savage Tour, the R&B veteran crooned two hours worth of familiar tunes in addition to new music from his highly anticipated album...
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....
A new public education fellowship for people of color will spotlight issues of equity and connect stakeholders of diverse backgrounds in the quest to improve student achievement across Tennessee.
Sixteen people in the first class of Mosaic Fellows were named...
by Jerome Robinson
Special to The New Tri-State Defender
Mayor Jim Strickland and his team took the wraps off of the much talked about fairgrounds redevelopment plans on Monday night. In the days leading up to this, city planners had already...
If you watched Sunday's game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants, you watched the Niners get their first win, a 31-21 victory. You might have also seen Wide Receiver Marquise Goodwin emotionally collapse to his...
When it comes to conversations about education policy, students are often the least heard.
But amplifying young voices is the goal of a new program launched by two Memphis-based advocacy groups, Campaign for School Equity and Latino Memphis.
"I joined the group...
Even as we mourned, the TSD got ample coverage of the homegoing of our late publisher, Bernal E. Smith II. Special thanks to Tyrone P. Easley, Warren Roseborough and Gary S. Whitlow for capturing the event.
The Halloran Centre was filled to capacity as fashion extraordinaire Ashley Dean, CEO of Dean’s House of Fashion, presented the fourth installment of her highly-anticipated runway show “The Weight is Over” on Sunday.
Sponsored by plus-size retailer Lane Bryant, the...