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Groups across the country will gather on the anniversary of the death of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon.
Over the past 25 years the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation has been working to restore the home and turn it into a museum for people to learn about Garrison.
Recently, on May 31, 2025, I attended a community celebration for the sculpture unveiling ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther ...
She was a civil rights pioneer who exposed racial injustice and embodied liberty. Her legacy defines the true spirit of July ...
The Tennessee General Assembly in its last legislative session dissolved the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, with Republicans justifying the end of the 62-year-old office with claims that the ...
Local regulators should immediately stop Elon Musk’s supercomputer from operating in South Memphis, the NAACP wrote in a letter sent Thursday.
Change can start with "a neighbor that looks out for those next door," Rita Geier said while accepting an honorary University of Tennessee degree.
Clayborn Temple played a significant role in the civil rights movement in Memphis and the United States.
A Tennessee man with ties to several white supremacist groups has been charged with setting a fire in 2019 that destroyed the offices of a social justice center connected with Rosa Parks and ...
A fire destroyed the historic civil rights temple in Memphis, a landmark of the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music hosted an event discussing the success of civil rights tourism in Memphis on Tuesday afternoon. The program included a panel of local and state tourism leaders ...