There are 7 article(s) tagged MLK50:

• December 2020

  • Opinion: Under Terri Freeman, the National Civil Rights Museum became a catalyst for change

    Freeman asked us to take what we felt inside the museum outside and apply it.

    By Dan Conaway December 11, 2020

• November 2020

  • Let’s discuss: Finding ways to grow the number of Black college graduates in Memphis

    Community leaders will discuss why it is necessary for the city to have more Black college graduates.

    By Linda A. Moore November 13, 2020

• May 2020

  • Editor of MLK50 news website sues Strickland

    The federal lawsuit seeking her inclusion in notices of press conferences by the mayor and administration was filed on her behalf by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

    By Bill Dries May 14, 2020

• May 2019

  • City moves to heart of bicentennial observance

    A series of events will mark the founding of Memphis, which is technically 200 years ago Wednesday. 

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2019

• April 2019

  • MLK50 Next Step grant recipients discuss how they are changing Memphis

    While the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has come and gone, the impact of the MLK50 effort continues to make strides in Memphis.

    By Christin Yates April 17, 2019

• December 2018

  • Sanford: This year’s top news stories hint at what’s ahead in 2019

    A steady flow of mostly positive economic news for Memphis and Shelby County – coupled with the solemn and tasteful commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination – was overshadowed at times by political bickering and grandstanding in 2018.

    By Otis Sanford December 27, 2018

• October 2018

  • Community Foundation commemorates MLK50 by awarding six grants to nonprofits

    The celebration of MLK50 has been a pivotal movement in Memphis’ history and a point of advancing the city forward into the future.

    By Christin Yates October 25, 2018