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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

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Category: Bridge Protest

Posted inBridge Protest

5 years after the city’s largest act of civil disobedience in recent memory

by Stephanie Wilson July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

It’s been five years since protestors flooded the streets of downtown Memphis and took all six lanes of the Interstate-40 bridge.

Posted inBridge Protest

Remembering July 10, 2016: The day they took the bridge

by Andrea Morales July 10, 2020January 21, 2021
Posted inBlack Lives Matter, Bridge Protest

One year later, Memphians remember the bridge protest

by Micaela Watts July 10, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inBridge Protest, Criminal Justice, Democracy, Martin Luther King

In their own words

by Molly Mulroy July 9, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter, Bridge Protest, Criminal Justice

Policing the Protesters

by Micaela Watts July 8, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inActivism, Black Lives Matter, Bridge Protest, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Social Justice

‘Take it to the bridge’

by Wendi C. Thomas July 7, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter, Bridge Protest, Criminal Justice, Policing in America

Sunday rally planned to mark one-year anniversary of Memphis bridge protest

by Wendi C. Thomas July 7, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter, Bridge Protest

When A City Fails To Hear

by Andrea Morales July 7, 2017October 5, 2020
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