There are 6 article(s) tagged I Am A Man Plaza:

• June 2025

  • DOJ dismissal won’t affect civil suit, Nichols family attorney says

    Attorney Ben Crump made his remarks at a celebration for what would have been Tyré Nichols’ 32nd birthday at I Am A Man Plaza in Downtown Memphis.

    By Aarron Fleming June 05, 2025

• April 2021

  • Opinion: Without Dr. King, the 1968 sanitation strike might have been a footnote

    “I believe that if Dr. King had not come to Memphis, my father and his co-workers would have been forced to continue to work under the same terrible conditions that led to the senseless deaths of sanitation workers Robert Walker and Echol Cole.”

    By Johnnie Mosley April 02, 2021

• August 2020

  • 901 FC sets soccer aside to march for ‘unity, togetherness’ and compassion

    Team forgoes league game in response to Jacob Blake shooting, choosing to visit National Civil Rights Museum.

    By John Varlas August 29, 2020

  • Memphis 901 FC players won’t play Saturday in North Carolina as social protest

    Memphis 901 FC is planning a Saturday march to the National Civil Rights Museum, which they will tour, instead of playing a scheduled game.

    By John Varlas August 28, 2020

• June 2020

  • Bring women to the negotiating table

    Research shows that to include women in the peacemaking process is not a courtesy, it’s a necessity. Any negotiations that stakeholders hope to be lasting or meaningful can only be so with the input of women in the community.

    By Leah Windsor June 09, 2020

  • Protest blog, Day 12: Individuals’ stories add meaning to rally

    A grieving mother's account, and a man who says he participated in the 1968 I Am A Man march add poignancy to Sunday evening demonstrations.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 08, 2020