MLK anniversary offers broader view of Civil Rights Movement and present

By , Daily Memphian Published: April 01, 2023 4:00 AM CT

Two history professors, looking at the city’s Civil Rights Movement since Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination 55 years ago, talk about Tyre Nichols, police reform and where today’s movement is headed on “Behind The Headlines.”

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