Victims’ families languish as state effort to document civil rights-era crimes stalls

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Published: July 08, 2022 5:49 PM CT
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The Institute for Public Service Reporting

The Institute for Public Service Reporting is based at the University of Memphis and supported financially by U of M, private grants and donations made through the University Foundation. Its work is published by The Daily Memphian through a paid-use agreement. 

A 2018 law created the Tennessee Civil Rights Crimes, Information, Reconciliation, and Research Center, but provided no additional funding or staff.

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Civil Rights Tennessee Legislature Lynchings racism Tennessee Civil Rights Crimes Reconciliation Office of Minority Affairs Yolanda Arnold Johnnie Turner Jesse Lee Bond Larry Payne Elbert Williams Cynthia M. Deitle John Larry Bolden Richard Lillard Allan Ramsaur Tennesseans for Historical Justice
In partnership with
The Institute for Public Service Reporting

The Institute for Public Service Reporting is based at the University of Memphis and supported financially by U of M, private grants and donations made through the University Foundation. Its work is published by The Daily Memphian through a paid-use agreement. 

Laura Faith Kebede

Laura Faith Kebede

Laura Faith Kebede is a distinguished journalist in residence at the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis. She leads the Institute’s Civil Wrongs project to write about historical cases of racial terror as a corps member for Report for America. You can follow her on Twitter @kebedefaith


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