Political Roundup: Emancipation Sunday urges voters to remove slavery from state constitution
Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church was one of several Memphis churches participating in Emancipation Sunday. Pastor J. Lawrence Turner leads the African-American Clergy Collective of Tennessee, which coordinated the call for support of the proposed amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that would remove the last vestiges of slavery. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Several churches rallied in support of a proposed amendment that would ban slavery in all forms in the state. A coalition of political groups is also urging voters to choose a hand-marked paper ballot.
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Nov 8 2022 election slavery hand-marked paper ballots Steve Mulroy emancipation sunday African-American Clergy Collective of Tennessee tennessee constitution J. Lawrence Turner Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Conservative Women of Collierville Shelby Advocates for Valid Elections Mike Kernell paper ballots Mitchell Morrison Take Back TennesseeBill Dries on demand
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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