There are 3 article(s) tagged Elton Hayes:

• October 2021

  • Fight for police reform continues long after death of Elton Hayes

    The fight for reform continues today, a half-century after Elton Hayes was beaten to death.

    By Yolanda Jones October 17, 2021

  • Half a century later, the memory of Elton Hayes still echoes today

    In October 1971, three Orange Mound teenagers went for a ride that ended with law enforcement officers beating one of them to death in a ditch off Lamar Avenue. Fifty years later, no one has been convicted in the killing.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2021

  • Dries: Tales told by a headstone’s date

    Fifty years after the death of Elton Hayes, a journey to his grave tells the story of the differences between Black and white in the Memphis of 1971 and the Memphis of today.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2021