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Tag: Confederate Flag

Posted inConfederate Monuments, Democracy, Racial Justice, Racism

This is how racist laws are made

by Wendi C. Thomas February 23, 2018October 5, 2020

Meet Tennessee Rep. Dawn White and Sen. Joey Hensley. They want to punish the Memphis City Council for ridding the city of its most galling tributes to white supremacy. And they want to use state law to do so. This is how we got here. In December, the Memphis City Council voted to sell two […]

Posted inConfederate Monuments, Racial Justice

Reclaiming our … space

by MLK50 Memphis December 26, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inRacism

Bearing witness to an overdue death

by Kirstin L. Cheers December 24, 2017May 5, 2021
Posted inRacism

Now that Confederate monuments are gone, ‘It’s time to move forward’

by Wendi C. Thomas December 21, 2017May 5, 2021
Posted inConfederate Monuments, Poverty, Racism

Maybe now, Memphis can be free

by Bill Black December 21, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inRacism

The Confederacy falls in Memphis

by MLK50 Memphis December 20, 2017May 5, 2021
Posted inConfederate Monuments, Democracy, Racism

Nathan Bedford Forrest rides again — this time on a hobby horse

by Wendi C. Thomas October 14, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inBlack Lives Matter, Confederate Monuments, Racism

Inside America’s comfort with Confederate symbols

by Deborah Douglas September 15, 2017October 5, 2020
Posted inRacism

Those Confederates statues are all about power— yesterday, today and tomorrow

by Wanda Rushing September 7, 2017March 26, 2021
Posted inConfederate Monuments, Democracy, Racial Justice, Racism

City Council pushes Confederate statue decision till Sept. 5

by Deborah Douglas August 22, 2017October 5, 2020

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