There are 3 article(s) tagged Mike Cody:

• July 2020

  • Sanford: At a meeting in Memphis, John Lewis made his mission clear

    When he gave his moving address at the Memphis library to supporters – as well as some covert observers – the 27-year-old John Lewis was already a veteran in the fight for voting rights, equal accommodations and equal justice.

    By Otis Sanford July 22, 2020

• December 2019

  • Charlie Newman’s quiet influence profoundly changed Memphis

    The Memphis Bar Association gave its Judge Jerome Turner Lawyer's Lawyer Award to Charlie Newman, the conservationist-minded lawyer at Burch, Porter & Johnson whose work has changed the city's landscape. 

    By Jane Roberts December 12, 2019

• April 2019

  • Second Memphis Cares reflects on Memphis of 1968 and change

    The interfaith gathering came 51 years to the day of the original gathering. Rev. James Lawson, who spoke at the original Memphis Cares, said Sunday Memphis can be "a different kind of city a generation from now."

    By Bill Dries April 08, 2019