In 2020, the Banner sisters founded the Descendants Project to amplify the narratives of enslaved people and their descendants, combatting the whitewashed antebellum stories perpetuated by plantation tourism.
Two young Black lawmakers from Tennessee have been expelled. State representatives Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson were all up for “expulsion,” from the state House of Representatives. House members decided Jones and Pearson, the two youngest Black representatives in office, would be removed, while Johnson, a White woman, would not be removed from […]
This week on Channel 10’s Behind the Headlines Eric Barnes hosts a journalist roundtable with The Memphis Flyer's Toby Sells and Daily Memphian reporters Bill Dries and Daja E. Henry.
Porter-Leath s Vice President of Development, Rob Hughes, and
Daily Memphian reporter Daja E. Henry join this week’s WKNO-TV
Behind the Headlines with host Eric Barnes. In addition to discussing SCS’s recent decision, guests talk about Porter-Leath’s present and future endeavors.
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