There are 23 article(s) tagged Civil Rights:
The National Civil Rights Museum honored four leaders at its 35th Freedom Award ceremony, amid calls to protect historical truth and civil liberties from ongoing rollbacks.
NCRM officially unveiled its $55 million renovation of the former boarding house where James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968.
“Supporting local charities and advocating for legislative reform are reasonable paths forward; interfering with active law enforcement is not.”
She spoke about her father, her mother and their legacies at the National Civil Rights Museum for a program called “Malcolm X at 100: A Conversation with Ilyasah Shabazz.”
Public officials and others gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum Friday evening to commemorate the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at that site on April 4, 1968.
Cordero Ragland’s family will not receive money from the county.
The celebration was held on the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board desegregation case ruling and featured an outdoor giveaway of children’s books for grades pre-K to sixth grade and up.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said an independent, preliminary autopsy described a Shelby County Jail inmate’s manner of death as a homicide.
Deion Byrd was stabbed Oct. 26 in a holding cell awaiting a court appearance at the Walter L. Bailey Jr. Criminal Justice Center, more commonly known as 201 Poplar.
Federal prosecutors want to block the use of references to Tyre Nichols’ alleged “bad” character and conduct by defense counsel for the officers accused of beating him to death in pretrial motions and during trial.
“Louis had such a dominant influence on my life – perhaps even more than my parents. And I always wanted to be just like him.”
“Ralph’s impact on our institution and community is immeasurable, and we will forever celebrate his remarkable courage and legacy,” the University of Memphis wrote in a tweet.
A 2018 law created the Tennessee Civil Rights Crimes, Information, Reconciliation, and Research Center, but provided no additional funding or staff.
“What can save our nation are movements which mobilize political action over the long haul — like the movements that have happened in Memphis.”
Forrest believed that the worth of Black people was only as laborers, nothing more.
Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis, a civil rights pioneer and champion of gender and racial equality, has died at age 86.
Taylor Jenkins wanted to pause and realize that life and freedom are more than just about basketball.
Police brutality and racism are not just black people’s problem; they’re an American problem, which makes them white people’s problem, too.
“At some point this pandemic will have run its course and we’ll get back to normal. ... Now, the question is when?’’
John McFerren died Saturday of natural causes. He was instrumental in registering African American voters and integrating Fayette County, Tennessee, schools.
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.
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.
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.
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