Thelma Balfour

Monday, June 19, 2017
Thelma Balfour has been a freelance writer for USA Today and Newsweek. She also worked as a reporter for The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis. She is the author of two books, Black Sun Signs: An African American Guide to the Zodiac and Black Love Signs.

Development News Over 400 students at LaRose Elementary school attended a short presentation before receiving backpacks filled with school supplies and materials for their parents. Kids and Education

Booker T. Washington's new resource center provides an information hub for South City

Thelma BalfourWednesday, October 4, 2017
Feature Story Jeremy Stein, general manager for Lucky Heart Cosmetics stands with Bennie Franklin, an employee of 33 years, and Olivet Montgomery, an employee of 52 years, by the mural outside the company's new storefront on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard.

This Black beauty company survived segregation in Memphis. Now it faces off against e-commerce.

Thelma BalfourWednesday, June 14, 2017
Feature Story Jerome Pope (L) and Robert Coates (R) cut hair at The Barber School on Jackson Avenue in Klondike.

The Barber School brings needed job skills to North Memphis

Thelma BalfourWednesday, March 15, 2017
Feature Story Frankie Walter takes customer orders.

Smoky City Bar-B-Que fires up opportunity in North Memphis

Thelma BalfourThursday, March 2, 2017
Feature Story Willie Mae Brooks

North Memphis octogenarian looks back on decades of neighborhood changes

Thelma BalfourWednesday, February 8, 2017
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