Anyone who thinks the black church is a bygone relic with no relevance to the social justice struggles of today, you may need to reassess.
“The church” is obviously not a monolith and is taking on everything from mental illness...
Mixed emotions circulated the Frayser Exchange Club on Thursday as community leaders deviated from their scheduled agenda to focused on the events that had transpired in their community less than 24 hours before. Just blocks away, 20-year-old Brandon Webber...
After 21 years in federal prison, Alice Marie Johnson sprinted across a roadway near where she had been locked up. Waiting were family, friends and social justice warriors.
Last Friday and nearly a year later, many of those same people...
Alice Marie Johnson, the author of “After Life: My Journey from Incarceration to Freedom,” will share her story during a special presentation at the National Civil Rights Museum on June 3.
Johnson earned national attention when reality star and business...
God, love and ministry was a trinity embodied by the life of the Rev. Ralph White, the servant-oriented pastor of Bloomfield Full Gospel Baptist Church in South Memphis. Rev. White was officiating a funeral when he passed away Saturday.
“So...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Delucca “Lucca” Rolle, the 15-year-old high school student who was punched and had his head slammed against the concrete by law enforcement officers last month, joined his attorney and several prominent civil rights...
MLK51 celebrated on April 4, 2019 produced myriad images associated with commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Downtown Memphis on April...
by Rev. Dr. Earle J. Fisher, Special to The New Tri-State Defender
I remember the pomp and circumstance of #MLK50. Plenty of lights, cameras, actions, and lofty promises.
A year later the lights have dimmed, cameras disappeared, action has distilled, and...
By CHRISTINA L. MYERS Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Poor People's Campaign is launching a national bus tour of poverty-stricken areas to bring attention to what they call the "real crises" or "interlocking injustices" afflicting the country including...
The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists (BFAA) recently hit a snag when the U. S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, denied the group’s complaint against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
“It was anticipated that the quest for...