We have an indictment for second degree murder in the Trayvon Martin case, and the defendant has been jailed to await his trial. The war is not over, but the initial battle has been won, and won with the weapons of voices raised in protest and the persistent will of the people. The momentum of […]
March 24, 2012 by Memphis Wireblog
RESOLUTION RESOLUTION OF OCCUPY BLACK CAUCUS AS IT DEFINES, QUALIFIES, CREATES, AND ESTABLISHES MEMORIAL CITIES OVER AMERICA; CITIES THAT EMBRACE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AND EVENTS IN HISTORY. RESOLUTION NO: 02-12 WHEREAS, Black children have been murdered as trophies of white racists in post-slavery America long enough, and WHEREAS, murdered Black souls discarded like road kill […]
February 22, 2012 by Memphis Wireblog
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL CITY Whereas Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968… Whereas no appropriate monument dedicated to this architect of a better United States of America is currently erect in Memphis, Tennessee… Whereas Memphis, Tennessee is predominantly populated by people of color, yet there is not one definitive […]
April 17, 2012 by Memphis Wireblog
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