Archive for the ‘Community’ Category

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968)

 
It has been almost 42 years ago, that Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in this very city of Memphis. Back then, blacks in America were fighting for justice and equal rights and opportunities as other races. They were hosed down, killed, jailed, spit upon, and called all kinds of obsenities. [...]

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Business In The City!

Looking to network and to meet other business professionals?  Come to the Rumba Room located at 303 S. Main Street on the first Monday of each month and meet other business owners and  professionals in the city.  Tiffany Gary, who is known for producing  some of the most dynamic hair & fashion shows in the [...]

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WTF? 9 Year-Old Performs Oral Sex on 3rd Grader in MCS Library!

 
 
Is this the type of stuff that goes on in Memphis City Schools nowadays? According to the story on Fox 13, a Memphis woman, Lashauna (not sure if this is the correct spelling) Lee claims that a 9 year-girl allegedly performed oral sex on her 8 year-old son at Ross Elementary in the library on Monday. She claims [...]

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2009 National Freedom Awards Tonight

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Myrlie Evers-Williams (widow of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers) and NBA Legend Julius Erving will be honored tonight at the National Freedom Awards at the Civil Rights Museum downtown.  The Dalai Lama was presented with his award back in September. Congrats to them all! 

The awards ceremony and gala will be held tonight at the National Civil Rights [...]

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Woman Faces Prison for Cutting in Line?

 

 Sorry for the slow posts lately, but I have been mad busy with school, work, and getting these Concrete Magazine interviews together.  Anyway, I wasn’t going to post much today but I saw this unbelievable video about a woman who faces up to fifteen years of prison for cutting in line at Wal-Mart at Bloomfield, [...]

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