Posts Tagged ‘Civil Rights’

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968)

Posted by MzNuStyle | Filed under Community, Local News, Memphis, NuStyle, Politics

 
It has been almost 42 years ago, that Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in this very city of Memphis. Back then, blacks in America were fighting for justice and equal rights and opportunities as other races. They were hosed down, killed, jailed, spit upon, and called all kinds of obsenities. [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Jan 18, 2010

2009 National Freedom Awards Tonight

Posted by atyler | Filed under Community, Local News, Memphis, NuStyle

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Myrlie Evers-Williams (widow of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers) and NBA Legend Julius Erving will be honored tonight at the National Freedom Awards at the Civil Rights Museum downtown.  The Dalai Lama was presented with his award back in September. Congrats to them all! 

The awards ceremony and gala will be held tonight at the National Civil Rights [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Oct 27, 2009

Woman Faces Prison for Cutting in Line?

Posted by atyler | Filed under Community, Featured, NuStyle, Politics

 

 Sorry for the slow posts lately, but I have been mad busy with school, work, and getting these Concrete Magazine interviews together.  Anyway, I wasn’t going to post much today but I saw this unbelievable video about a woman who faces up to fifteen years of prison for cutting in line at Wal-Mart at Bloomfield, [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Oct 23, 2009