There are 10 article(s) tagged Civil Rights:

• June 2022

  • Guest column: Lessons from Memphis can help with a crisis in democracy

    “What can save our nation are movements which mobilize political action over the long haul — like the movements that have happened in Memphis.”

    By Fred Morton June 26, 2022

• July 2021

  • Opinion: End is near for Nathan Bedford Forrest bust at Capitol

    Forrest believed that the worth of Black people was only as laborers, nothing more.

    By Otis Sanford July 22, 2021

• January 2021

  • Civil rights pioneer Miriam DeCosta-Willis dies at 86

    Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis, a civil rights pioneer and champion of gender and racial equality, has died at age 86. 

    By Daja E. Henry January 07, 2021

• July 2020

  • Grizzlies coach opens session with passage honoring John Lewis

    Taylor Jenkins wanted to pause and realize that life and freedom are more than just about basketball.

    By Drew Hill July 30, 2020

• June 2020

  • We the people must fix this

    Police brutality and racism are not just black people’s problem; they’re an American problem, which makes them white people’s problem, too. 

    By Daphene R. McFerren June 06, 2020

• May 2020

  • ‘What is this new world going to be like for my children and grandchildren?’

    “At some point this pandemic will have run its course and we’ll get back to normal. ... Now, the question is when?’’

    By Marc Perrusquia May 22, 2020

• April 2020

  • Fayette County civil rights leader John McFerren dies at age 95

    John McFerren died Saturday of natural causes. He was instrumental in registering African American voters and integrating Fayette County, Tennessee, schools. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 06, 2020

• June 2019

  • City crews replace ‘Forrest’ with ‘Forest’ street signs

    The city on Monday carried out a plan to replace about 30 "Forrest Ave" street signs with "Forest Ave." The change assures the city is honoring trees instead of the Confederate general who was a slave trader and Ku Klux Klan leader.

    By Tom Bailey June 10, 2019

• February 2019

  • Sanford: Russell Sugarmon blazed a trail for racial change in Memphis

    In his early career, Russell Sugarmon played a key role in Memphis' political evolution, both as a candidate for city office in 1959 and as a lawyer for college students who staged sit-ins at lunch counters and public libraries.

    By Otis Sanford February 21, 2019

  • Nelson: Ernest Withers – flawed but no less a hero

    Ernest Withers, the famous Memphis photographer, was also Ernest Withers the informant, a man whose life illustrates Martin Luther King's description of man's dual nature.

    By Michael Nelson February 21, 2019