Memphis Curators Work To Preserve Thousands of Photos Highlighting Black Life
by Daniel Johnson May 19, 2025 The 75,000 images chronicle ordinary Black life, capturing decades of Black weddings, graduations, and more. In Memphis, an archive of 75,000 photographs offers an intimate look at Black life in the city over four decades—featuring not only glimpses of icons like B.B. King, Mahalia Jackson, and W.C. Handy, but […]
Trump’s big bill advances in rare weekend vote, but conservatives demand more changes
House Republicans narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s big tax cuts package out of a key committee during a rare Sunday night vote, but just barely, as conservative holdouts are demanding quicker cuts to Medicaid and green energy programs before giving their full support. Speaker Mike Johnson met with Republican lawmakers shortly before the meeting and acknowledged to reporters that […]
Couple set to go on trial over staged cross burning in front of campaign sign for Black candidate
In the run-up to the 2023 mayoral election in Colorado Springs, a racial slur was scrawled across a Black candidate’s sign and a cross set on fire in front of it. It was a stunt to generate sympathy and support for the Black candidate, Yemi Mobolade, prosecutors have said, but two people accused of staging […]
