The sunlight reflects off the side of Memphis City Hall in downtown Memphis. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 People with connections to the Memphis Police Department, clergy members, law professors, ...

One of the members of the Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association, Inc. holds his hat during a prayer at a press conference the organization held on Feb. 5 to discuss its progress in the case for ...

Memphis police officers listened from the sidelines at the Greenlaw Community Center during a 2023 community feedback meeting about how the police department was using the center. Photo by Andrea ...

Janiya, an art student at Collegiate School of Memphis, stands with her piece “Tell oh pharaoh.” “Much of African-American blood has been spilt to get us to where we are today, and we still are not ...

Rumaors about suspected ICE presence have been circulating. When Memphis police officers responded with multiple vehicles last week to a call about a domestic incident in Berclair, it triggered a word ...

Given the choice between the incumbent, the past with a former Memphis mayor, and the future with a progressive, millenial black woman, voters chose the status quo. “The people of Memphis said, ‘Let’s ...

Mayor Jim Strickland at Saturday’s #IAmMemphis commemoration of the ’68 sanitation strikers. Photos by Andrea Morales. The schism between Mayor Jim Strickland’s view of Memphis’ progress on policing, ...

Community and faith leaders stood with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Wednesday as he called for raising the wage floor of Shelby County Schools cafeteria workers to $15 an hour. Photo by Kirstin L.

Armed with batons, riot shields and rifles, Memphis police officers stand on the Interstate 40 bridge during the July 2017 bridge protest. No one was arrested. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Doing ...

A resident (top) at Prescott Place Apartments listens as activists talk about what their rights are during encounters with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents on July 23. ICE agents spent the ...

The Hospitality Hub is located at 590 Washington Ave. in downtown Memphis. Photo by Natalie Wallington for MLK50 Freezing temperatures returned to Memphis this week, creating dangerous conditions for ...

Having a juvenile record can make it difficult to access jobs, housing and other opportunities later in life. While state law prevents bigger changes, Memphis-Shelby County’s Juvenile Court clerk is ...