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Laura Faith Kebede of Chalkbeat Tennessee, Toby Sells of The Memphis Flyer and Karanja Ajanaku of The New Tri-State Defender discuss charter schools, Greensward parking, Confederate monuments and more with host Eric Barnes.
The Holiday Night Market Friday in the park highlights the intersection between the drive to remove the monuments and an earlier effort to activate the park for more Memphians.
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, Dec. 18. Today, the federal government is expected to announce a new initiative for seven cities, one of them being Memphis.
Two years to the week that Confederate monuments were removed from three city parks, the statues have been turned over to descendants or the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the city announced Tuesday.
There is no immediate move to sell Confederate monuments removed from two Memphis parks until all appeals by Sons of Confederate Veterans, which is contesting the sale of the parks and the statues' removal, are exhausted.
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled the Sons of Confederate Veterans organization has no case to preserve two Memphis parks and the Confederate monuments removed from them in 2017.
The president of the city's longest running civil rights organization commented on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about the funding, voter registration lawsuits and leaving her post this fall.
The history-altering transfer of public property to an upstart nonprofit transformed Van Turner from mild-mannered lawyer and county commissioner to gutsy leader, willing to take the heat for removing Confederate symbols of slavery and racism.
Six months after being sworn in as Shelby County Commissioner, Tami Sawyer announced Thursday she is launching a campaign to be the next Memphis mayor.
Legislation would prohibit proceeds from the sale of specialty tags from being used to pay for lawsuits against local or state governments.
One year to the day that Confederate monuments were removed from two city parks, the anniversary revealed the controversy still has some unexpected life left in it among those pursuing the removal of the monuments by different methods.
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