There are 30 article(s) tagged Black Lives Matter:

• June 2020

  • Protest live blog: Night of protests ends peacefully, before curfew

    Protests began early Saturday with two events (one was billed as a rally) occurring in Collierville. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 07, 2020

  • Interfaith leaders call for conversation about racism

    Memphis faith leaders and social justice advocates called Tuesday, June 2, for a meeting with top Memphis and law enforcement officials to address racist roots of violence against black people.

    By Wayne Risher June 03, 2020

• May 2020

  • A death in Minneapolis is a metaphor for the black experience in America

    If this does not create sustained national outrage from the halls of government to the smallest police force in America, if this does not convince you that the Black Lives Matter movement had it right all along, nothing will.

    By Otis Sanford May 28, 2020

• May 2019

  • ‘Mama’s Day Bail Out’ frees women from jail in time for Mother’s Day

    Six women will be bailed out of jail this week during Mother's Day Bail Out by the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter. Since 2017, the group has paid bail for 30 men and women in Memphis and Shelby County in its effort to end cash bail. 

    By Yolanda Jones May 09, 2019

• April 2019

  • Black Lives Matter activist wins defamation suit against former Shelby County commissioner

    Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses has won a defamation lawsuit against former Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland, but the $500 award for court costs and fees was far short of the $1 million the suit sought.

    By Yolanda Jones April 03, 2019