Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with a statue outside the ...

The Scarboro 85 were the first young Black students to desegregate a southeastern public school after attending class in 1955 ...

From 14 cans of beer in a purse at the Mid-South Coliseum to golf at Overton Park, here's a look back at what was making news in Memphis.