There are 11 article(s) tagged Deidre Malone:

• October 2021

  • Pandemic, gun violence top concerns in Crime Commission poll

    This is the second year the poll has been conducted. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 28, 2021

• February 2021

  • Opinion: It’s big oil vs. defiant communities in major environmental dispute

    In this fight, Black people and white people are on the same side. So are local politicians who don’t always agree on matters of public policy.

    By Otis Sanford February 18, 2021

• January 2021

  • Local leaders get parts in ‘Say It Loud’ at Hattiloo Theatre

    In a free, virtual series, actors will perform speeches by Booker T. Washington, Shirley Chisholm, Dick Gregory and John Lewis. They’ll be introduced by Shelby County Commission members present and past and a Rhodes College professor, among others. 

    By Peggy Burch January 18, 2021

• January 2020

  • Westwood residents get details on proposed oil pipeline

    Landowners affected by the pipeline could expect an offer that is above fair market value, would still own the property and would have few restrictions, but could not build a permanent structure on the land.

    By Elle Perry January 24, 2020

• July 2019

  • Memphis airport taps Carter Malone Group as next marketing agency

    RedRover's five-year run as Memphis International Airport's marketing and public relations agency will come to a close. Next up is Carter Malone Group, effective Oct. 1, pending contract negotiations.

    By Wayne Risher July 18, 2019

• May 2019

  • Malone: County funding for new voting machines should come with no strings attached

    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.

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2019

  • Politics Podcast: NAACP president Deidre Malone

    Deidre Malone, head of the city’s longest running civil rights organization talks about new blood, new voting machines and the award that got “dicey.”

    By Natalie Van Gundy May 31, 2019

• April 2019

  • NAACP Freedom Fund gathering reflects political balancing act

    The Memphis Branch NAACP honored three leaders of the efforts to remove Confederate monuments from two local parks and in the process Saturday reflected the balancing act that is a feature of the race for Memphis mayor.

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2019

• January 2019

  • NAACP calls for juvenile court detention center funding

    The Memphis Branch NAACP called Thursday for the Shelby County Commission to approve funding to begin planning and design of a new juvenile detention center. The leader of the civil rights organization is a former county commissioner who clashed with the court in the past over some of the issues giving current commissioners pause.

    By Bill Dries January 24, 2019

• December 2018

  • NAACP concerned about ‘attempt to racially gerrymander’ council

    The Memphis Branch of the NAACP says the Memphis City Council should have consistent rules for filling vacancies on the body and suggests a special election if the council remains at an impasse in filling the three open seats at its Tuesday meeting.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2018

• October 2018

  • Voter registration court case details linger

    The day after Chancery Court ordered the Shelby County Election Commission to continue verifying incomplete voter registration applications so eligible people can vote by Election Day Nov. 6, NAACP leaders said they were prepared to begin contacting those prospective voters.

    By Bill Dries October 26, 2018