As racist laws stifle Black history and humanity, Juneteenth rings bittersweet | Weathersbee
I think I was 28 when I first learned about Juneteenth. As a child, I knew all about the Emancipation Proclamation. I even sat through a...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Jun 22
- 4 min
Memphis doesn't love President Trump. We especially don't love him on Juneteenth | Weathersbee
For people driving along I-240, and especially for those who aren’t from around here, understand this: Despite what’s assailing your eyes...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- May 18
- 4 min
The Buffalo shooting shows Tennessee lawmakers banned the wrong race theory | Weathersbee
So, after passing a whole law last year to protect an imaginary white girl from crying over Critical Race Theory courses that aren’t...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- May 7
- 5 min
If Roe falls, anti-science lawmakers will rule Tennessee women's lives. Many will die|Weathersbee
On May 2, just hours after Cherisse Scott, founder and CEO of SisterReach, Memphis’ reproductive justice organization, and I were...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Feb 10
- 4 min
Putting blacks in prison is the latest legacy of slavery
I had the great honor of reconnecting with Bryan Stevenson, executive director and founder of the Equal Justice Institute in Montgomery,...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Feb 5
- 4 min
How walking home from school led me into the embrace of nature
TONYAA J. WEATHERSBEE, FINDING NATURE NEWS FEBRUARY 2022 In 1969, when my family moved to our new, ranch-style home in the Richardson...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Jan 24
- 4 min
'How long, O' Lord?' Former Stax owner revisits the question MLK Jr. asked in 1965 | Weathersbee
"How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever." –Excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 speech, “How Long? Not Long,”...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Jan 17
- 3 min
The cost of comfort is worth fulfillment of King's dream
What a way to ring in Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Here it is, more than 30 years after he led voting rights marchers over the...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
Shutdown is Tea Party's punishment for a nation that elected Obama
By Tonyaa Weathersbee Black America Web October 2013 Don't think for one minute that they don't know this. In fact, chances are they know...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
As it was then and is now: Black youths are expected to be perfect to be valued
By Tonyaa J. Weathersbee (This column originally appeared on Black America Web in 2012) The Sanford, Fla., police department's sloppy...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
This Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the Greenway's gifts - and the kitten among them | Weathersbee
For many, this post-pandemic Thanksgiving will be a time to celebrate the revival of rituals that are largely about filling the stomach...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
Young Dolph was killed as he transitioned from survivor to thriver. That's what's sad|Weathersbee
Much of Young Dolph’s life was about surviving. Dolph, whose name was Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., was raised by his grandmother in...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
'My fight was against all white supremacy': At 88, James Meredith is still a warrior|Weathersbee
Recently, civil rights icon James Meredith was nestled on a couch in a side room of the lobby of the Peabody Hotel – a place with a name...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Sep 12, 2021
- 5 min
After 9/11, Americans united to fight terrorists. Why can't we unite to fight a virus? | Weathersbee
For a moment two decades ago, America wasn't red or blue. It was red, white and blue. Together. Or, at least it seemed that way. That...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
Gov. Lee's loyalty to anti-maskers shows why most businessmen shouldn't govern | Weathersbee
On Gov. Bill Lee’s campaign website, the first thing it states is that he’s not a politician. That he’s a cattle rancher. A businessman....
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Aug 25, 2021
- 4 min
Memphis' Black churches are needed to resist GOP laws that can kill Black children | Weathersbee
It’s not surprising that Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, turned to a group of Memphis’ Black ministers to help Black people survive laws...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Aug 14, 2021
- 4 min
Alvin Motley's slaying shows some white people's fears are lethal to Black people|Weathersbee
When Alvin Motley Jr. and his girlfriend, Pia Foster, rolled up to the Kroger Fuel Station at the Germantown and East Memphis line with...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Aug 14, 2021
- 5 min
Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients are straining Shelby County ICUs. That shouldn't be | Weathersbee
This was supposed to be a no-brainer. As COVID-19 killed more than a half million Americans last year, scientists and immunologists...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Aug 14, 2021
- 5 min
The Incredible Pizza shooting means metal detectors must mix with family fun|Weathersbee
If the charges in a police report are true, Antravion Greer should’ve stayed gone. This past Saturday, Greer allegedly unleashed bullets...
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Tonyaa J Weathersbee
- Aug 14, 2021
- 4 min
Voucher threat shows GOPers care more about ideology than kids dying from COVID-19 | Weathersbee
First, Tennessee’s Republican lawmakers singled out Shelby and Davidson counties for a school voucher experiment that a Nashville judge...
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