Tag: memphis
Unions Are More Relevant Today Than Ever
By Fred Redmond, Word in Black
This week marks 55 years since the Memphis sanitation strike began following the deaths of two sanitation workers, Echol...
Dying While Black In America
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper
The Last Poets, the original rappers with a message and a purpose, said...
Impassioned Calls for Police Reform at Tyre Nichols’ Funeral
By AARON MORRISON and ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyre Nichols’ family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a...
Nemeth Leads with 5 Blues Music Awards Nominations
By Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Singer and harmonica player John Nemeth, vocalist Shemekia Copeland, country blues artist Rory Block, and guitarist Eric Gales...
Memphis nonprofit puts money behind drive to curb gun deaths
By THALIA BEATY, Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tanita Hilliard made a wish the night a shooter livestreamed himself driving around Memphis, firing at...