NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Much of Dr. Feagins’ first day of work has been well-documented on the MSCS website. In addition to a highlight reel of...
Originally published on www.tri-statedefender.com After a string of solos, duets and small group performances, Tennessee Mass …
Tri-State Defender’s Bernal E. Smith presents, The 2nd Annual Best In Black Awards, There were nearly 800 nominations with 178
There were a lot of feel-good moments on opening night for the Memphis Grizzlies. And as hometown-favorite, Derrick Rose, noted about the FedExForum crowd’s reaction to...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In a game that renewed a rivalry with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Memphis Tigers “found a way” to secure a...
TH NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Families First Community Grant program was created as an additional method to invest TANF funds in ways to provide assistance...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Before the amendments approved Tuesday, board policy required candidates to have a certain amount of in-school experience and training in education. Under...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Excerpt: Greenville Mayor Errick D. Simmons released a statement, expressing the city’s shock and sadness shortly after Johnson’s death. Simmons said hearts...
The sanctuary at Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church, 3890 Millbranch Rd., overflowed with celebrants of Imani (faith) – the concluding principle of the seven-day observation of Kwanzaa...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Mother Patterson, as she was widely known, “passed away just as she wanted to, at home,” said niece Mia Vickers. “She told...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “The things we have seen among our juveniles has just really alarmed all Memphians. The thing that we do know, if they’re...
Toni Williams, the chief financial officer for Memphis Shelby County Schools, will guide the district as interim superintendent …
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “This was both a mission and a job for me because I wanted to make sure different voices were heard and different...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — It was clear from the outset that the Grizzlies and their fans were determined that the series was not going to end...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dedicated community organizations such as LeMoyne-Owen and its 160 years of educating young people; STAX Records and its historic creation of the...
The 7th Annual Memphis Black Restaurant Week features 28 eateries, including The Genre at 200 Poplar in Downtown Memphis.
With the 2022 African American History Month observation as the backdrop, a five-member panel guided by moderator Karanja A.
With the 2022 African American History Month observation as the backdrop, a five-member panel guided by moderator Karanja A.
With the 2022 African American History Month observation as the backdrop, a five-member panel guided by moderator Karanja A.
With the 2022 African American History Month observation as the backdrop, a five-member panel guided by moderator Karanja A.
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — From 2008 through March 2020, WKNO featured different exhibits every month. McDaniel was used to booking artists out as far as two...
Meet a Memphian who is an author, for many years a professor of history at Rhodes College, and as of
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — As the nation faces a school nursing shortage, Karen Taylor is part of an expanded pool of nurses inside of Shelby...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — With 100-plus children treated for gunshot wounds at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital alone, according to chief medical officer Barry Gilmore, the scope of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER _ Seniors are shouting, dancing, jumping, and screaming as each name gets called, and they run down to the front. Parents are going...