The sunlight reflects off the side of Memphis City Hall in downtown Memphis. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 People with connections to the Memphis Police Department, clergy members, law professors, ...

Photo illustration of Princess Loko by Lovey Cooper/Scalawag. This profile of Princess Loko was originally published by Scalawag Magazine. For more reporting that explores the intersection of popular ...

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 ...

Brittany Brown, Reporter: Brittany is MLK5o’s public safety reporter. Brittany Brown, MLK50’s public safety reporter Brittany M. Brown is the public safety and justice reporter at MLK50: Justice ...

Imagine walking through Downtown Memphis on a Monday morning, in the summer of 1876. The Civil War’s shadow still touches everything in sight. In a few months, a presidential election will bring the ...

State Sen. Brent Taylor took his ongoing criticism of Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy a step further last month, saying he plans to file a resolution allowing the Tennessee General ...

A rider loads on to bus route 52 on a rainy morning earlier this month. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 The city of Memphis is not releasing funding budgeted for the Memphis Area Transit Authority ...

Every year since 2014, Shelby County has given up nearly $41 million in tax revenue that could have been used to fund the county’s crumbling schools or cash-strapped transit agency. Instead, the money ...

Janiya, an art student at Collegiate School of Memphis, stands with her piece “Tell oh pharaoh.” “Much of African-American blood has been spilt to get us to where we are today, and we still are not ...

Supporters cheer at the Paul Young campaign election party at Minglewood Hall on Thursday night. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 In Memphis, the mayor sets the tone. The mayor is the city’s chief ...

A crowd exercises during Black Men’s Wellness Day at Fourth Bluff Park earlier this month. Photo by Ariel J. Cobbert for MLK50 The health care workers who pricked and probed Demetrius Norman jotted ...

Memphis police officers listened from the sidelines at the Greenlaw Community Center during a 2023 community feedback meeting about how the police department was using the center. Photo by Andrea ...