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Community Snaps 7-10-08
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Cash on Cash

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In this first year, I have to go into vision and strategy. I’m going to have to reform and upgrade and repair some of the things that need to be fixed. I can’t jump to equity, access, and sustainability until I take care of business. (Photo by Wiley Henry)
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Memphis City Schools new superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash joined the Tri-State Defender Editorial Board in an hour-long Q&A on Monday, just prior to his formal reception at the MCS Teaching and Learning Center. After expounding on his leadership model, he noted four literacies necessary to make our students the “new Memphis nexus” — personal literacy, civic literacy, academic literacy and occupational literacy. Here is an edited version of the conversation...
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What our readers have to say
I am writing in response to the commentary “Last chance District 9 voters” written by Mr. William Larsha...
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Justice Or Agenda? The public needs the facts
The Department of Justice is responsible for conducting federal criminal investigations, prosecuting wrongdoers and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Yet in Memphis and across the country, some people have begun to wonder if it is nonpartisan and fair in the way it operates, and in its commitment to “minority” workers.
For some, the factors contributing to the uncertainty include...
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Pastors Salute photo slideshow
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Think you know African Americans?

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Eighty-three percent of those surveyed describe themselves as Christian, though only 41 percent go to church at least once a week. Seventy percent of women and 59 percent of men believe that faith in God is more likely to help them recover from a serious illness. (Courtesy photo)
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According to one of the largest-ever studies of black America, 70 percent of African Americans already have a plan for their future. The survey was released this week by Radio One, Inc., the study’s sponsor, and Yankelovich, the Chapel Hill-based research firm...
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AAU boys basketball photo slideshow
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‘We have serious work to do’ NAACP president-elect tells ‘Black Press’
LOUISVILLE (NNPA) – NAACP President-elect Benjamin Todd Jealous, applauded by members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association for whom he once served as executive director, says Black organizations must work hand in hand in order to increase the NAACP membership and fight the ills of racism still pervasive in America...
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