There are 5 article(s) tagged Walter Bailey:

• September 2024

  • Mike Cody, Memphis ‘lion’ for justice, dies at 88

    Mike Cody represented Martin Luther King Jr. in court, helped found Memphis Area Legal Services and was one of the people behind Breakaway Running. 

    By Jane Roberts September 17, 2024

• December 2022

  • Civil Rights pioneer Walter L. Bailey Jr. honored with commissioned portrait

    Bailey is perhaps best known as a lawyer representing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the sanitation workers’ strike of 1968, and also took on several high-profile legal battles to desegregate Memphis schools.

    By Alicia Davidson December 13, 2022

• April 2022

  • The election backstory: Term limits

    Here are the basics of how term limits work in Memphis and Shelby County, and a tumultuous history of the issue across both governments. 

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2022

• November 2019

  • John Ford’s candidacy for general sessions court clerk is a no-go, state officials say

    Convicted felon and former state senator John Ford has filed a petition to run for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk, but state officials say a judge's order concerning his bribery conviction while in office bars him from running.

    By Linda A. Moore November 20, 2019

• October 2018

  • 201 Poplar Ave. named after former Commissioner Walter Bailey

    Walter Bailey, the longest-serving Shelby County commissioner, can now add having a county building named after him to his list of accomplishments.

    By Omer Yusuf October 27, 2018