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» Dr. Herenton: It's time to talk education 24-7

By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 05/8/2008 | News | Unrated

Mayor Dr. Willie W. Herenton touted schools as “the most important enterprise in the city” Tuesday during a 50-minute address before the Memphis City Council...

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» Dr. King’s niece envisions new Memphis

By Florence M. Howard | Published 05/8/2008 | News | Unrated

The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the daughter of Rev. A.D. King, Dr. Alveda C. King has spent the last 39 years telling her father’s story in books and lectures.

Now, she has linked with an Atlanta-based organization to help promote her uncle’s vision of the beloved community – right here in Memphis...

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» Memphis couple in a quandary after Mississippi agency takes their children

By Wiley Henry | Published 05/8/2008 | News | Rating:

A Memphis couple embroiled in a custody battle in Horn Lake, Miss., is hoping their nightmare will end. They can’t fathom why the Mississippi Department of Human Services would remove their three children when they live in the city of Memphis...

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» Equity in education remains elusive 54 years after ‘Brown’

By George E. Hardin | Published 05/8/2008 | Editorials | Rating:

The United States is a nation of laws not of men and the law, as has been written, is what the judges say it is—ultimately the judges, or justices, of the U. S. Supreme Court. Next week marks the 54th year since the Supreme Court ruled, on May 17, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education, that separate but equal public schools are illegal under the Constitution. It was an attempt to erase a glaring blemish on the American character that had been present since the founding of the republic. Still, today the blemish is smudged but not removed and equality in education is not yet a reality...

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» R. Kelly Trial Day One: Trial moves forward despite plea for delay

By Kathy Chaney | Published 05/9/2008 | News | Rating:

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A verbal battle between R. Kelly supporters and protestors was underway as the R&B singer arrived for the first day of his child pornography trial Friday...

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» The Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival slideshow

By Tri-State Defender Newsroom | Published 05/8/2008 | Arts & Leisure | Rating:

Mayor Willie W. Herrenton presents Aretha Franklin with the key to the city of Memphis, her birthplace.

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» 'Steppin' revolution

By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 05/8/2008 | Arts & Leisure | Unrated

Though there is no full-body contact, steppin’ can be very intimate between partners. (Photos by Warren Roseborough)

The roots of “steppin” date back more than half a century to the Jitterbug – a dance commonly known among African Americans as “the Bop” or “Swing...”

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» Dream-chaser makes leap to Lane College

By Wiley Henry | Published 05/8/2008 | Sports | Unrated

Westwood High School football coach Carl Coleman (left) says Dominique Sholar is a student player, with a great attitude and the ability to play on the collegiate level. (Photos by Wiley Henry)
When Dominique Sholar was four-years-old, his father discovered something about him that defied logic.

“We were lying on the couch watching football and he did something I didn’t like,” said William Sholar. “When I got ready to spank him, he jumped from the couch to the easy chair — about 5 feet. I couldn’t believe it...”

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» Farewell to the 'rabbi"

By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 05/8/2008 | Religion | Rating:

Dr. Reuben Henry Green

Praised as a “giant among theologians” and a mentor to hundreds of ministers, Dr. Reuben Henry Green’s funeral did what he had done thousands of times in life: captivated a church audience...

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