Shelby County

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Martin Luther King Jr. -- MLK Day 2024
April 4, 2023
Community members in Memphis say its local leadership has failed to commit to the things Dr. King fought and died…
Tennessee voucher program
January 26, 2023
The NAACP and the National Fair Housing Alliance found widespread bias among providers toward participants in a Tennessee voucher program.
May 9, 2022
On May 3, voters in the Democratic primaries helped make history when they pushed five Black women to serve on…
December 2, 2015
A Shelby County firefighter wants to "pass it on" this holiday season and give back to a woman who has…
November 1, 2014
Shelby County, TN — Al Green’s neighbors are terrified, and it’s not because of the Halloween weekend. WMC-TV is reporting that one
June 26, 2013
COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) - Much has changed in Shelby County since Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to protect…
June 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced until…
February 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights…
February 21, 2011
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The fight over the fate of 150,000 public school students has stirred long-festering emotions in Memphis…
February 2, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge Bates' comments came during oral arguments in an Ala. county's lawsuit targeting the law -- one…
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…
August 10, 2010
VIDEO - At last update, she was still unconscious, and in critical condition. But she was showing some signs of…