Grizzlies Insider: Grizzlies partner with FedEx, nod to Black Monday Protest of 1969
Luke Kennard (left) and Santi Aldama (right) at the Memphis Grizzlies’ annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Drew Hill/The Daily Memphian)
The Memphis Grizzlies held their annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Wednesday, collaborating with FedEx employees at the Memphis Sports and Events Center to hold a youth basketball clinic, pack food and assemble school supplies.
This seasons’ day of service drew inspiration from the Black Monday Protest of 1969. The protest spotlighted the importance of equity in education and demonstrated the role community centers played in supporting youth as makeshift classrooms during a time of advocacy.
Around 100 school children from several Memphis community centers, including the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis, the Orange Mound Community Services Center and Red Door Urban Mission, spent time on the court with the Grizzlies players.
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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