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Tag: Civil Rights Movement

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Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign at National Civil Rights Museum

Caroline Carrico May 17, 2022 No Comments Civil Rights MovementExhibit ReviewNational Civil Rights Museum

The Poor People’s Campaign, one of the lesser known aspects of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, is the focus of a new Smithsonian Institution traveling…

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Community

Stax Museum Is Newest Addition to U.S. Civil Rights Trail

Community Board February 3, 2022 No Comments Civil Rights MovementStax Museum of American Soul MusicU.S. Civil Rights Trail

The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) and Travel South have added the Stax Museum of American Soul Music to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.  With…

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Arts

Documentary about photographer Ernest Withers finalist for film prize

StoryBoard News Board August 26, 2021 No Comments Civil Rights MovementDocumentaryErnest C WithersI Am A ManKen Burns

The Withers’ documentary is among six finalists for the 2021 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film The Better Angels Society, a non-profit dedicated…

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History Literature

MaDear’s Scrapbook

Chapter16 Community December 23, 2020 No Comments Chapter16Civil Rights MovementEmmett TillLori D Johnson

A granddaughter discovers an unexpected legacy of memories, questions, and untold stories By Lori D. Johnson for Chapter16.org For years, I thought I was the…

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Literature

More than a Dream

Chapter16 Community September 9, 2020 No Comments Book ReviewChapter16Civil Rights MovementJohn LewisMichael Ray Taylor

Jon Meacham delivers a rich account of a life built on protest and hope By Michael Ray Taylor, for Chapter16.org Just over a month after…

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Literature

The Ghost Hunter

Chapter16 Community May 29, 2020 No Comments Aram GoudsouzianBlack Lives MatterCivil Rights MovementJerry MitchellMississippi Burning

Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell cracks cold cases from the civil rights movement Originally published February 4, 2020 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16 Jerry Mitchell hunts…

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Literature

Paths of Resistance

Chapter16 Community April 19, 2020 No Comments Book ReviewChapter16Civil Rights MovementJessica Ingram

Multimedia artist Jessica Ingram explores the South’s racist history in Road Through Midnight By Kim Green, for Chapter16.org In the preface of Road Through Midnight, Jessica Ingram…

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History

What I Thought I Knew

Mark Scott January 8, 2020 No Comments Civil Rights MovementDr. Martin Luther King Jr.Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryIda B. WellsMemphis History

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES By Mark Scott Memphis, I need to talk. Because after 32 years as a high school teacher in Memphis I thought I knew most, if not…

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History

1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike in the White Press

Mark Fleischer March 16, 2018 No Comments 1968Beale StreetCivil Rights MovementDr. Martin Luther KingMemphisMemphis Press-ScitimarSanitation StrikeThe Commercial AppealWashington PostWatergate

March to Mace: The Sanitation Strike before Martin Luther King Jr.’s invitation to Memphis, and a look at Memphis newspaper coverage of the first few weeks…

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