With the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on Poplar as the setting, a panel discussion (June 13) that focused on civil rights added to the multi-day, No Tears Project presentation in Memphis.
Rooted at the Oxford American – a quarterly...
NASHVILLE – Tennessee State University, which serves as the nation’s only HBCU Smart Technology Innovation Center, has partnerships with tech giants Microsoft and Apple, along with T-Mobile, Amazon and several others. Through these collaborations, TSU has worked to bridge...
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has opened applications for the 2023 Families First Community Grant Program, an initiative that will make available approximately $30 million in funding to non-profit organizations providing direct services to strengthen Tennessee families...
by Emily Wagster Pettus --
JACKSON, Miss. – An 11-year-old Mississippi boy who called police to help his family and then was shot by an officer said the bullet that pierced his lung felt “like a big punch to the chest.”
“I actually...
Tennessee’s third-grade reading proficiency rate jumped by more than 4 percentage points to 40 percent on this year’s state tests.
But that means up to 60 percent of its third graders could be at risk of being held back under...
by Adrian Sainz --
Twenty-six people in Tennessee have been recently convicted or face charges for possessing “switches,” devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into a machine guns, which can be made with 3-D printers and bought on the internet, federal...
Sarah Hughes Johnson, a beloved daughter of Greenville, Mississippi, respected for her Civil Rights advocacy and civic leadership, died May 9 at Region One Health in Memphis. She was 85.
Ms. Johnson’s life was a filled with accomplishments that helped...
NASHVILLE (AP) – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on additional protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits within a bill that lawmakers passed after a deadly school shooting in March.
The Republican governor quietly signed...
After Gov. Bill Lee’s call for a special legislative session on public safety on Aug. 21st, leaders of the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus put their positions on the session on the record.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper of Memphis said...
With the shared goal of elevating and accelerating Black leadership in Tennessee, a coalition of African-American leaders representing a cross-section of business sectors have launched Partnership Tennessee.
“As a founding board member, it is an honor to share the vision...