Opinion: Seeking refuge in America – and Memphis
On immigration, Memphis can remind the world of our commitment to civil and human rights
Demonstrators attend a protest against immigration polices in Downtown Memphis on Main Street July 12, 2019. The event happened the same weekend former President Donald Trump planned to do Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in numerous communities. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file).
Michael J. LaRosa
Michael J. LaRosa is an associate professor of history at Rhodes College.
“Because of the sanitation workers’ strike and the tragic killing of Martin Luther King Jr. 55 years ago, Memphis has become a welcoming place for refugees and people fleeing unimaginable horrors back home.”
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