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Martin Luther King, Jr. once called freedom songs the soul of the Civil Rights Movement. And in fact, many people would argue this was true, not just for movements such as that for civil rights, but also for protests against the Vietnam War and other causes.
At dawn, 58-year-old Tommie Davenport gets out of his bed to face the day. While the average person is asleep, Davenport makes his way to the Memphis Solid Waste Management Service Center. For 25 years, he has come into work at 7 a.m., preparing to collect filthy trash, all with a gleaming smile on his face.
The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art at the University of Memphis will host an opening reception for “Proxemics,” a thesis exhibition for nine Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates in the U of M’s Department of Art April 13 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Panelists spoke on education and race in their panel, "The Promise of Education," at 2 p.m. on Monday, the second day of the MLK Symposium. From left to right are John B. King Jr., president and CEO of The Education Trust; Michele Norris, radio journalist and moderator; Karen Harrell, vice president of early childhood services at Porter-Leath; Dorsey E. Hopson II, Shelby County Schools superintendent, and Walter M. Kimbrough, author and president of Dillard University.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Fifty years later, the City of Memphis remembers King by putting together multiple events around the city to commemorate his legacy along with remembering the courage of the sanitation workers who participated in the 1968 Sanitation Strike.
Alexandria just expected to make a little extra money while in high school when she started her job at a Germantown, Tennessee, pizza restaurant, but only three days after starting, she faced something she never thought would happen at the front cash register, let alone from her 45-year-old manager.
The Memphis Tigers professional football team owned by Memphis legend Clarence Saunders is rarely, if ever, discussed as a great football dynasty. In 1929 though, the Tigers — an independent football team — beat great NFL teams such as the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.
The Florida state government debated on bills, and several companies severed ties with the National Rifle Association following the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in February.
Shooting at schools have almost become a normal thing in the past 15 years.
The city of Memphis has a black population of over 60 percent, but the University of Memphis’ faculty has about 15 percent black members.
Over 85 percent of students felt overwhelmed by college, and 33 percent attributed anxiety to hindering their school performance, according to a study by the American College Health Association in 2015.
Movie theaters, schools and churches — these are just some of the places where high-profile shootings have occurred over recent years.
What should be known for all Memphians at the beginning of the new year is the 50th anniversary and yearlong commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. It’s occurring for a whole year at the National Civil Rights Museum in downtown Memphis and will be important to many in the city.
The University of Memphis Tigers men’s basketball program is in a period of uncertainty going into the 2017 season. After finishing with a disappointing 19-13 record last season, the Tigers endured a wave of transfers.
Controversial author Dinesh D’Souza speaks in the UC River Room. The Young Americans for Freedom were selling copies of his book, The Big Lie outside of the River Room. Story on page 3.
A conservative commentator fired his opinions on the political left off at the University of Memphis in the University Center Tuesday. Some cheered him on enthusiastically. Others just listened.Â
A Memphian is trying to raise awareness after Hurricane Maria’s destruction of Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, which Puerto Rican officials described as “apocalyptic.â€
The First Amendment was at the forefront of a discussion led by M. David Rudd, president of the University of Memphis, Monday in the Administration Building.
The censorship and control of certain speech in the university implies that the subjecting authority holds a specific position, and other points of view are unwelcome.
President Donald Trump decided to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, better known as DACA, and urged Congress to come up with a fix in six months before the administration takes matters into its own hands.