MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As we prepare to close out Black History Month, schools are taking the time to teach their students not just about their past but their present, as well. The rising generation at ...
When the announcement was made in 2021 of the massive renovations of the Pine Hills Golf Course, the thought occurred to me: What will happen to all of that history? The history of African Americans ...
Though Mud Island may be a familiar part of Memphis life now, it hasn't always been a part of the city. Mud Island, which started as an island and developed into a peninsula, wasn't created until ...
Graceland, the iconic Memphis mansion and top tourist attraction that was Elvis Presley's beloved home, is in the news again, with a Missouri lending company claiming it has the right to foreclose on ...
Memphis filmmaker Kevin Brooks describes his latest project as an attempt to grapple "Black masculinity" and his attempts "to love myself and love that skin that I'm in" — to reckon with "who I ...
Memphis Safe Task Force, continued jail issues and superintendent turnover. It also brought new restaurants and heart-warming ...
HBCU Night, Presented by Pinnacle Financial Partners, Held on Thursday, February 1; Second Annual Visual Arts Exhibit Showcasing Local Black Artists Inside FedExForum ...
Editor's note: This is an excerpt from "Out of Bounds: A History of African Americans and Golf in Memphis, Tennessee," reprinted with permission from the author, the Rev. L. LaSimba M. Gray Jr., who ...