Confederate Flag Archives - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Hip-hop is 50. Twenty-five years ago, Memphis rappers started writing rhymes of resistance

by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2023September 11, 2023

This one going out to the Memphis rising ‘98 / forever fuck the Ku Klux Klan / ask them punk police / it’s gon’ take backup, it’s gon’ take nightsticks, it’s gon’ take tear gas, cause we ain’t going! The first words of the 1998 track “Hardheaded” by Tommy Wright III, “the innovative Memphis rapper, […]

From the editor

Tennessee’s transphobic bathroom law is coming. Allies, get ready.

by Wendi C. Thomas June 4, 2021August 21, 2023

Confederate Monuments

Memorial to slavery now space for Juneteenth celebration

by Carrington J. Tatum June 3, 2021August 21, 2023

Criminal Justice

White terrorism often leads to harsher punishment for people of color

by Eli Hager January 26, 2021August 22, 2023

Mission: Interrupted

by Deborah Douglas April 12, 2018August 21, 2023

Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, Poverty

Where do we go from here? Rebellion or respectability

by MLK50 Memphis April 4, 2018September 8, 2023

Confederate Monuments, Democracy, Racial Justice, Racism

This is how racist laws are made

by Wendi C. Thomas February 23, 2018August 22, 2023

Black Lives Matter

Self-care in the age of Black Lives Matter

by Deborah Douglas January 2, 2018September 22, 2023

Confederate Monuments, Racial Justice

Reclaiming our … space

by MLK50 Memphis December 26, 2017August 21, 2023

Bearing witness to an overdue death

by Kirstin L. Cheers December 24, 2017August 21, 2023