Tue06182013

Downtown Holiday Parade

Hosted by: TSD
The event will start on: 08 Dec 2012 09:30
And will end on: 08 Dec 2012 11:00
Posted by: tristate
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Greater Metro

Juneteenth Jazz & JAZZ-A-F!RE celebrate

Tri-State Defender Newsroom
Juneteenth Jazz & JAZZ-A-F!RE celebrate

Jazz & Memphis' legacy of world-renowned African-American jazz artists will be celebrated Friday, June 21, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the Historic Daisy T...

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Chokwe Lumumba – first Afrocentric mayor of Jackson, Miss.

Alice Thomas-Tisdale/The Jackson Advocate
Chokwe Lumumba – first Afrocentric mayor of Jackson, Miss.

JACKSON, Miss. – "The people have decided!" Mayor-elect Chokwe Lumumba told supporters Tuesday night.

The civil rights attorney and councilman easily d...

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Entertainment

Lil Wayne: ‘It was never my intention to desecrate the flag’

Lilly Workneh/The Grio
Lil Wayne: ‘It was never my intention to desecrate the flag’

Lil Wayne created a firestorm on social media after a video for the rapper's new single "God Bless Amerika" leaked and it showed images of him steppin...

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This week’s DVD releases - June 18, 2013

Kam Williams
This week’s DVD releases - June 18, 2013

Top Ten DVD List for June 18, 2013

"Great Zebra Exodus"

"The Ghost Army"

"Frontline: Syria behind the Lines"

"Jack the Giant Slayer"

"Lidia Celebrates Amer...

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Sports

When it’s the Reign, ‘serious ballers’ try to stand out

Tri-State Defender Newsroom
When it’s the Reign, ‘serious ballers’ try to stand out

Sidney Adkins, head coach of the ABA's Bluff City Reign, approaches tryouts for the team looking for players that will fit into a winning mix.

That was...

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Parting (with OUR Coach) is such sweet sorrow

Kenny B. Johnson/Special to The New Tri-State Defender
Parting (with OUR Coach) is such sweet sorrow

How do you really say goodbye to someone who has meant so much to so many?

What words could really comfort the man who endured the losing seasons of th...

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Religion

Farrakhan: Strive to act and live ‘more like Christ’

Ashahed M. Muhammad/NNPA News Service
Farrakhan: Strive to act and live ‘more like Christ’

CHICAGO – The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan typically speaks to standing room only crowds in large arenas and auditoriums, with his words beamed ...

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5 steps to cure ‘comparison fever’

Lucy Shaw
5 steps to cure ‘comparison fever’

Dear Lucy: I went to an event recently and ran into a person who used to work with me. She has now become an executive in a company in a great city; s...

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Business

Young entrepreneurs are keeping up the good work

Brittany Jackson/Special to The New Tri-State Defender
Young entrepreneurs are keeping up the good work

Summer is just around the corner and for the sister-and-brother team of Zaadia and Zayrion Harris, and their cousin, Marliesha Malone, it's time to pu...

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Sleepy bank clerk's $293 million error

Mark Thompson/CNNMoney
Sleepy bank clerk's $293 million error

LONDON – Power napping has many fans, but falling asleep at the desk could have cost one German bank millions and an employee her job.

A bank clerk nod...

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News

Teacher to students: No experience is just ‘for White girls’

Jenée Desmond-Harris/The Root
Teacher to students: No experience is just ‘for White girls’

A teacher at Public School 28 in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, where an estimated 80 percent of children qualify for free lunch, o...

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Stewart aka ‘Pebblez da Model’ charged in butt-injection murder

Tri-State Defender Newsroom
Stewart aka ‘Pebblez da Model’ charged in butt-injection murder

Memphian, Natasha Stewart aka Pebblez da Model made an appearance late last week in a Hinds County court room after six months in State custody. She i...

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Opinion

Allen West: Women in combat are threat to ‘American warrior culture’

Lilly Workneh/The Grio
Allen West: Women in combat are threat to ‘American warrior culture’

In a recent Facebook post, former Republican congressman Allen West explained why he believes women do not belong in military units.

West expressed his...

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Juneteenth is worth celebrating

William Reed/NNPA
Juneteenth is worth celebrating

Did you know that the official African-American holidays are: Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth? What do you, and your family, do to ...

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Detroit

Solange: In the shadows but still thriving

The Michigan Chronicle
Solange: In the shadows but still thriving

 

 

Being the sister of a megastar recording artist (and actress) can’t be easy, specifically if you, too, are pursuing a care...

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The Star who tried to Molest Patti LaBelle

The Michigan Chronicle
The Star who tried to Molest Patti LaBelle

 

Patti LaBelle has had a wonderful career, one that spans five decades and has resulted in her being a legend, a superstar and, yes...

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Chicago

Obama On Fatherhood: 'It's the Best Job I've Got'

The Chicago Defender
Obama On Fatherhood: 'It's the Best Job I've Got'

President Barack Obama says being a father is the best job he's got. Obama says a Father's Day luncheon at the White House on Friday was a great way f...

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How Superman Saved A Small Illinois Town

The Chicago Defender

Today is the day many comic book fans have been waiting for. Man of Steel, the latest Superman movie, opens in theaters across the country. Much of th...

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Pittsburgh

Shale drillers shafting NAACP? Parker upset with lack of support

The New Pittsburgh Courier

 

CONNIE PARKER

 

by Christian Morrow

Courier Staff Writer

Back when steel ruled the local economy and Pittsburgh boast multiple corporate headquarters, th...

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WAMO100 announces new general manager

The New Pittsburgh Courier

GARY GUNTER

 

PITTSBURGH, PA--WAMO100, owned by Martz Communications Group, recently named Gary Gunter general manager of WAMO100.

Prior to this new appo...

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Atlanta

New Dads Learn That Their Lives are Forever Changed

The Atlanta Daily World
New Dads Learn That Their Lives are Forever Changed

First-time fathers experience many emotions: love, responsibility, protectiveness, and even fear. And whatever the father's

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B.J. Upton Bombs Help Snap Losing Streak

The Atlanta Daily World
B.J. Upton Bombs Help Snap Losing Streak

If there is something the Braves can find bigger than one game in a dramatic come-from-behind 6-5 victory over the San

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