Illustration by Sri Vee for MLK50 MLK50 allowed the interviewee, who is undocumented, to use an alias in order to protect ...

Illustration by Sri Vee for MLK50 MLK50 allowed the interviewee to use an alias in order to protect their identity. I never ...

A child sitting in the backseat of a car pulled over by the Tennessee Highway Patrol peeks through the window during a ...

People scan the offerings at the First Congo Food Justice Ministry in April. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 The federal One ...

Memphis saw fewer breast cancer deaths for Black women from 2013 to 2023, according to a new Susan G. Komen Foundation ...

Mayor Paul Young (center) speaks alongside Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis while answering questions from the ...

A moment from the Oct. 18 No Kings protest at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street. Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report For America I ...

Plains All American Pipeline announced in late 2019 its joint plans with Valero Energy Corporation to build the Byhalia Connection Pipeline through Black communities in Southwest Memphis. The ...

Latoya Akinyemi watches her youngest children as the warm-for-winter weather allows them to play outside on a Sunday afternoon. Her 4-year-old son shows off his scooter skills on the driveway, ...

It’s easy enough to denounce racial injustice and socioeconomic inequality. The real challenge is committing to the work it takes to eliminate them. MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a different ...

Samuel Hardaway stands for a portrait near his family’s land in the Boxtown neighborhood in September 2020. Hardaway grew up in the community and spent his childhood playing in the woods before the ...

David spent eight months incarcerated at the Youth Justice and Education Center. Center portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America; Image of the Shelby County Youth and ...