Southwest Tennessee Community College will present Dr. Beverly Bond with the Carter G. Woodson Award of Merit. According to their website, the school created the award in 1988 to “recognize individuals, groups, or agencies who have contributed to, preserved, or promoted the African-American experience and who support Dr. Woodson’s legacy of “historical accuracy through inclusion.” […]
Continue reading →Malvin Massey, General Manager of WUMR FM 91.7 and host of Spotlight 92 , taped a radio interview with Dr. Andre E. Johnson on the Memories of a Massacre: Memphis in 1866 Project. Dr. Johnson talked about the origins of the project and some of the upcoming events. He also suggested why an understanding of […]
Continue reading →On February 3, the Memories of a Massacre Project kicked off its commemoration of the Memphis Massacre in 1866 with an event sponsored by LeMoyne-Owen College. In celebration of the college’s 91st celebration of Black History Month, Dr. Bobby Lovett spoke on the importance of remembering and celebrating Black History while at the same time, […]
Continue reading →As part of the African American History program at LeMoyne-Owen College, on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, Dr. Bobby Lovett, Professor Emeritus at Tennessee State University will offer a lecture titled, “HBCUs: Hallowed Grounds of African American Education.” The lecture will start at 11:00am and take place at Metropolitan Baptist Church located at 767 Walker Avenue in […]
Continue reading →by Andre E. Johnson On Thursday, December 10, a jury found former Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of multiple counts of rape — first and second degree — as well as sexual battery, procuring lewd exhibition, and forcible oral sodomy. Except for Roland Martin of News One Now and a faithful cadre of folks on Twitter […]
Continue reading →Welcome to the Memories of a Massacre: Memphis in 1866 Project This project, a semester-long series of activities culminating with an academic symposium, is designed to bring to public attention the massacre that rattled Reconstruction-era Memphis in May 1866. The massacre was the first of a series of bloody confrontations that erupted between black and […]
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