By Tony Jones MEMPHIS, TN — Life’s irony has come to full bloom in Memphis as Boxtown, a centerpiece of one of the city’s numerically poorest zip codes, has arguably become the city’s most important […]
Memphis, TN (TN Tribune)–On Tuesday, March 2, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists in Memphis, TN were inspecting a shipment from Tanzania in route to Oregon when they found live insects. The one-piece […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Clyde Robinson treasures the acre of land he inherited, a verdant space tucked into a cul-de-sac in a south Memphis neighborhood, surrounded by houses and trees beside a railroad track. For […]
By Tony Jones MEMPHIS, TN — New Chicago Community Development Corporation Executive Director Dr. Carnita Atwater has filed a $20 billion dollar class action lawsuit charging a consortium of government officials with genocide due to […]
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — During the turbulent 1960s, Whittier Alexander Sengstacke Jr. wrote cutting-edge news stories for the Memphis Tri-State Defender. If the surname sounds familiar, it’s because the name speaks volumes. Sengstacke […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ The National Civil Rights Museum is scheduled to reopen next month after it was closed late last year during a surge in coronavirus cases in Memphis, Tennessee. The museum said it […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Homeowners, hospitals and businesses from Texas to Tennessee grappled with broken water mains, burst pipes and boil-water orders Wednesday in parts of the country unaccustomed to dealing with sustained frigid temperatures. […]
By Tony Jones MEMPHIS, TN — Marshal Tyreece Miller, Tennessee’s only African American U.S. Marshal in the Western District, says he tries to honor the obligation he feels to black history every day. Appointed by […]
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a two-part series about John Burl Smith and the Invaders. By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — John Burl Smith, Charles Cabbage, Coby Smith and others identifying themselves […]
Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations for people 75 and up can leave out Black Americans, who tend to die younger than their white counterparts. In majority-Black Shelby County, this gap raises questions of how to make the […]
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