By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN – In the fall of 1959, eight African-American students broke the color barrier…
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By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — One of the last writing projects that Emogene Watkins-Wilson was working on was a…
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — The holiday season is not always jolly for families struggling to make ends meet.…
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — They were the “children” of Andrew Charles “Moohah” Williams Jr., the trailblazing announcer at…
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN – Kinyah Bean Braddock is “young, gifted and black,” an anthem of sort that songstress…
MEMPHIS, TN — When the executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center…
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell MEMPHIS, TN — Dr. Willie W. Herenton’s mayoral-bid supporters filled his Westwood headquarters full of…
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — Before the city of Germantown was a bustling municipality in Shelby County (Tennessee), there…
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.) is steeped in history. Founded by Black…
MEMPHIS, TN — Mempho Music Festival at Shelby Farms Park (memphofest.com) today announced its food & beverage line-up for the…