A high school valedictorian earned more than $3 million in college scholarships, even though he was homeless. Tupac Mosley received more than 50 scholarships before he graduated this month from Raleigh Egypt High School in Memphis, Tenn. All the while, he was living at a campsite and had no fixed...
Graceland No Longer Charging for Presley Candlelight Vigil
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Presley fans will no longer pay about $30 to visit his grave during the annual candlelight vigil on his death anniversary in Memphis, Tennessee. Graceland officials say the charge to walk past Presley's resting place at his former home during Elvis Week has been discontinued. Devotees...
Selfless Patriotism Died 50 Years Ago Today With MLK Assassination
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, was a shot that rang out like none other in the tumultuous 1960s. Washington and many other cities erupted in riots, mostly described as race riots, but I would aver. I was there. I walked the streets of the...
Think You Know Martin Luther King Jr.? Try This Quiz
Fifty years ago, one of America’s key civil rights leaders — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was assassinated outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. As we honor King’s legacy on the Monday, Jan. 15 federal holiday, the quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in...
Think You Know Martin Luther King Jr.? Try This Quiz
Fifty years ago, one of America’s key civil rights leaders — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was assassinated outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. As we honor King’s legacy on the Monday, Jan. 15 federal holiday, the quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University in...