MLK50’s work earns two national awards
The National Association of Black Journalists honor stories about housing and the impact of the Memphis task force.
Power and Prejudice
Black August
How Black people fought for dignity from behind the bars at 201 Poplar
In celebration of Black August, we revisit the first 10 years of our Downtown jail — and the struggle to make it humane
What is Black August? In 1971, Black communist writer, activist and political prisoner George Jackson reflected on how those caged in U.S. prisons and jails could spark a mass movement for social change. He wrote in his book “Blood In My Eye” that “the sheer numbers of the prisoner class and the terms of their…
