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Tiki Davis turns a life of hardship into a story of perseverance and success
“The Tiki Factor: 4 Key principles to Turn Your Losses into Wins” by Tiki Davis, foreword by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, c.2026, Amistad, $28.99, 320 pages Pull yourself up by the bootstraps. That’s often the advice given to someone who’s down and out and left with nothing.…
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Former MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins faces allegations of sexual harassment, creating a hostile workplace
Former Memphis-Shelby County School Superintendent Marie Feagins faces allegations that she exposed herself to her special assistant in a federal employment discrimination lawsuit filed on Thursday, Oct. 29. Feagins’ former assistant, Camalyn Turner, filed a lawsuit against MSCS…
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Green Book Comedy Tour celebrating Chitlin’ Circuit comes to Sassafras Farms
“The Green Book Comedy Tour,” featuring veteran comic actor Mark Curry, will stop at Sassafras Farms at 315 Hill House Road in Toone, Tennessee, 65 miles northeast of Memphis, for a variety show, happy hour and afterparty at 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Tickets are $75.…
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Clyburn brings history, political wisdom and voting message to Memphis in final election push
Congressman James Clyburn came to Memphis with a history lesson, a little political wisdom and a reminder of what political representation is supposed to accomplish. The South Carolina Democrat, whose influence helped propel Joe Biden toward the presidency in 2020, spent…
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Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
By Susan Montoya Bryan Dolores Huerta, the legendary labor organizer whose advocacy improved conditions for migrant farm workers in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and persuaded presidents to do more for women’s equality and immigrant rights, died Wednesday, Oct. 28. She…
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Vote postponed on county’s data center ordinances, study committee proposed
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners passed on votes for a proposed data center ordinance and a 12-month moratorium on new data center construction in unincorporated areas at the board’s Monday, Oct. 26, meeting. A first-reading of the proposals was moved to the Nov. 18…
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Lowery presents action plan; county finances tops list of priorities
A roadmap for the near-term future of Shelby County has been laid out, after Mayor Mickell Lowery unveiled his first term strategic plan. Following the Aug. 3 election, Lowery’s transition team broke into nine working groups to brainstorm solutions to issues pertaining to public…
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‘Hanging & Burning’ delivers a thrilling crime mystery with old-school mobster intrigue
“Hanging & Burning: A King Oliver Novel” by Walter Mosley, c.2026, Little, Brown, $30.00, 320 pages In the new novel “Hanging & Burning,” prolific crime mystery writer Walter Mosley, best known for 1990’s “Devil in a Blue Dress,” has delivered yet another thrilling story about…
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No masks, no filters: Inside Abyssinian’s ‘locker room’ for Black men
For anyone wondering who was welcome inside the sanctuary at Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis for its community forum, “The Locker Room: The Bible, the Ballot and Black Men,” clear signs emerged early one Saturday in October. First, a longtime female church member…