Mayor Jim Strickland
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Sep- 2019 -20 September#NNPA BlackPress
A CLOSER LOOK AT: Dr. Willie. W. Herenton: ‘We’re heading back to City Hall’
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dr. Willie W. Herenton recalled the days when he attended segregated public schools and was forced…
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10 September#NNPA BlackPress
Backlash sinks magazine cover deemed racist by many
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The magazine featured caricatures of three mayoral candidates — Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, incumbent Mayor Jim…
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2 September#NNPA BlackPress
Tennis Center gets council OK; priority question raised
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — After some controversy, Memphis City Council members approved a resolution appropriating $3 million of the $19 million…
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Jul- 2019 -20 July#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: The Black Man Who Saved Memphis: Robert R. Church
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An editorial in the Evening Scimitar in 1899 put Church’s legacy in this context: “It may be…
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20 July#NNPA BlackPress
People’s Convention organizers want focus on The People’s Agenda, not endorsements
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher thinks that focusing so much attention on the endorsements misses the bigger news…
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20 July#NNPA BlackPress
Memphis People’s Convention all about The People’s Agenda
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a diverse collection of 500-plus Memphians steadily streamed into the Paradise Entertainment Complex on Georgia Avenue,…
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12 July#NNPA BlackPress
Grant paves way to “Take ‘Em Down 901” one-act play
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The real-life drama that culminated with the removal of Confederate-era statues from what had been two Memphis-owned…
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