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Karanja Ajanaku
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Associate Publisher and Executive Editor, The New Tri-State Defender
Memphis
Beats
LGBTIQ+ rights, marginalized communities.Gender violence, sexual and reproductive health social movements, women's and girl's rights
Content
By Karanja Ajanaku Verified| The New Tri-State Defender Verified I was expecting to be interviewed Tuesday by veteran journalist Jerome Wright when I got a telephone call about him. Specifically, the Tri-State Defender’s deputy editor had died. He was 74. The caller was Wright’s wife, Gwendolyn. Her husband had died while on the treadmill the night before. I gasped and lost my grip for a moment, tears flowing beyond my control. “J-Rome” – as I called him – had become a professional colleague in mid-1977 and a dear friend over time.
By Karanja Ajanaku Verified| The New Tri-State Defender Verified Clifton “Clift” Dates – an Air Force Vietnam War veteran, a pioneering Memphis Police Department officer and the founder of a security company that once was Memphis’ largest African-American owned business – often declared himself on a mission. Dates, who co-founded the Afro-American Police Association 50 years ago (in 1973), died at his home early Saturday morning. He was 77.
By Karanja Ajanaku Verified| The New Tri-State Defender Verified I was expecting to be interviewed Tuesday by veteran journalist Jerome Wright when I got a telephone call about him. Specifically, the Tri-State Defender’s deputy editor had died. He was 74. The caller was Wright’s wife, Gwendolyn. Her husband had died while on the treadmill the night before. I gasped and lost my grip for a moment, tears flowing beyond my control. “J-Rome” – as I called him – had become a professional colleague in mid-1977 and a dear friend over time.
Company Info
The New Tri-State Defender
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
+1 901-523-1818