07/22/2021
Temprees net street designation - TSDMemphis.com
Temprees net street designation - TSDMemphis.com
by James Coleman — Seventies soul standouts the Temprees Tuesday (July 20) joined the ranks of Memphis artists who have had a street honorarily named after them when the Memphis City Council adopted a resolution granting the honor. Joubert Avenue, between Kansas and Riverside in South Memphis, wil...
06/01/2021
Timeline photos
100 years ago today, the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history began in the thriving Greenwood African American community of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In May of 1921, the imprisonment of Dick Rowland, a black man falsely accused of assaulting a white woman, sparked the Tulsa massacre. A lynch mob gathered to hang Rowland and black Tulsans hurried to the courthouse to protect him. From May 31 to June 1, white mobs ransacked, razed, and burned over 1,000 homes, businesses, and churches in Greenwood, and murdered scores of African Americans.
“For fully forty eight hours, the fires raged and burned everything in its path and it left nothing but ashes and burned safes and trunks and the like where once stood beautiful homes and business houses. And so proud, rick, black Tulsa was destroyed by fire—that is its buildings and property; but its spirit was neither killed nor daunted.”- B. C. Franklin
Dozens of black-owned businesses were rebuilt in Greenwood within a year of the massacre, and hundreds more followed over the next three decades. This rapid rebuilding illustrates the energy and resiliency of the community. But the massacre’s repercussions—and questions of race, memory, and repair—continue to resonate in Tulsa and across the nation.
06/16/2020
She Spent 30 Years Living as a Man, Looking for Love
She Spent 30 Years Living as a Man, Looking for Love
Wanda Jo believed she was born into the wrong body. She chased women for 30 years, living a life of violence and drugs, but never found what she really wante...
06/10/2020
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (Full Album) HQ
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different (Full Album) HQ
https://lightintheattic.net/ 1) Shoo-B-Doop And Cop Him 2) He Was A Big Freak 3) Your Mama Wants Ya Back 4) Don't Call Her No Tramp 5) Git In There 6) They S...
06/02/2020
Mayor declares civil emergency, issues curfew in response to protest violence in Memphis
Mayor declares civil emergency, issues curfew in response to protest violence in Memphis
Mayor Strickland plans to enforce a curfew Monday night following the protests in Memphis.
06/02/2020
Did Walmart Give 50% of Its Profits to Trump 2020 Campaign?
Did Walmart Give 50% of Its Profits to Trump 2020 Campaign?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
04/06/2020
Shelby County DA: Anyone not following stay-at-home orders can face jail time
Shelby County DA: Anyone not following stay-at-home orders can face jail time
Shelby County’s top prosecutor has a message: stay home or you’ll end up in jail.
03/23/2020
University of Memphis professor dies from COVID-19, report says | News Break
University of Memphis professor dies from COVID-19, report says | News Break
“During his tenure at the University of Memphis as an instructor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Dr. Wells touched the lives of many students. He was well known for his compassion and dedication to the impartation of knowledge and providing guidance to his students regarding...
05/28/2019
Toastmasters International -
Toastmasters International -