This story was originally published by the. Sign up for their newsletter. Tennessee Republican lawmakers have introduced a handful of ...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a meeting at the White House in 1966. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto via Wikicommons. What ...

Tyre Nichols’ friends, family and community march down Ross Road on their way to a vigil in his honor at the corner of ...

Ayanna Johnson Watkins, MLK50’s co-executive director. Photo by Wiley Brown for MLK50 We’re delighted to announce that Ayanna Johnson Watkins has joined ...

Dozens of Memphis residents weathered the bitter cold on Jan. 7 to support Tyre Nichols’ family as they renewed their calls for justice and accountability for his death. “Say his name, Tyre Nichols,” ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the pews of Black Christian churches across Memphis, church matriarchs hold their legacies of care with a unique resolve. In action, it looks like nurturing communities and movements ...

Tennessee’s new blended sentencing law goes into effect on Jan. 1, potentially altering the lives of hundreds of Tennessee children. Blended sentencing mandates children as young as 14 charged with ...