Justin Adkins sits for a portrait at Catholic Charities of West Tennessee in Midtown on January 28. Photo by Ziggy Mack for MLK50 After learning to walk ...
This story has been republished with permission from Tennessee Lookout. Read the original story here. A Memphis domestic ...
One of the members of the Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association, Inc. holds his hat during a prayer at a press conference the organization held on Feb. 5 to discuss its progress in the case for ...
Rumaors about suspected ICE presence have been circulating. When Memphis police officers responded with multiple vehicles last week to a call about a domestic incident in Berclair, it triggered a word ...
Janiya, an art student at Collegiate School of Memphis, stands with her piece “Tell oh pharaoh.” “Much of African-American blood has been spilt to get us to where we are today, and we still are not ...
In 1930s Memphis, Black workers fought for dignity while surviving the Great Depression. Black women in the workforce, like these kitchen assistants at Fairview Hospital in 1937, were central to many ...
Memphis police officers listened from the sidelines at the Greenlaw Community Center during a 2023 community feedback meeting about how the police department was using the center. Photo by Andrea ...
The Hospitality Hub is located at 590 Washington Ave. in downtown Memphis. Photo by Natalie Wallington for MLK50 Freezing temperatures returned to Memphis this week, creating dangerous conditions for ...
Having a juvenile record can make it difficult to access jobs, housing and other opportunities later in life. While state law prevents bigger changes, Memphis-Shelby County’s Juvenile Court clerk is ...
The sunlight reflects off the side of Memphis City Hall in downtown Memphis. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 People with connections to the Memphis Police Department, clergy members, law professors, ...
Every year since 2014, Shelby County has given up nearly $41 million in tax revenue that could have been used to fund the county’s crumbling schools or cash-strapped transit agency. Instead, the money ...