Memphis

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November 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The white Southern Democrat -- endangered since the 1960s civil rights era enraged whites across the Southeast…
October 25, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - For some of the city's 415,000 African-American residents, 62 percent of all Memphians, consolidation efforts have a…
September 15, 2010
VIDEO - Ernest Withers, one of the most recognized photographers from the civil rights movement, was doing double duty as…
August 12, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Before he left, Sherra Wright said she overheard her ex-husband on the telephone telling someone that…
August 9, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Herenton lost the first race in his 30-plus year political career Thursday, receiving 21 percent of…
August 6, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic voters in Memphis rejected their former mayor's race-focused campaign for Congress, delivering a landslide to…
August 5, 2010
DICKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Herenton has raised almost no money but plenty of controversy by telling voters in the…
August 4, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Wright's body was found July 28 in woods outside Memphis after he had been missing for…
August 4, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Wright's mother, Deborah Marion, told The Associated Press that Germantown's handling of the 911 call was…
August 3, 2010
Wright's former personal assistant, Wendy Wilson, claims she has audio recordings of his ex-wife, Sherra, shouting threats at her husband,…
July 31, 2010
MEMPHIS (AP) - Lorenzen Wright's ex-wife was threatened at her home by three men who were carrying guns and looking…
July 30, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Wright was considered generous and a likable sports hero. A relative says he was probably carrying…
July 29, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Relatives and friends of Lorenzen Wright gathered Wednesday and grieved for the former NBA player who…
July 28, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - A local newspaper reports that police are investigating a 911 hang-up from Lorenzen Wright's cell phone left…
July 27, 2010
OPINION - Willie Herenton would like to make the election a referendum on representation based on race, perhaps because his…
July 24, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - In the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a once-unbeatable former mayor wants the…
July 22, 2010
VIDEO - From the musical 'Fela' to the hit play 'Memphis', the percentage of African American attendance on Broadway is…
July 21, 2010
VIDEO - One person is dead and several others are recovering from injuries after pit bulls got loose and went…
July 20, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Predatory lending in the African-American community is the main civil rights issue of this era, witnesses…
July 15, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Herenton said Rep. Steve Cohen, who is white, is desperately concerned he'll lose the black…