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