In the summer of 1947, a woman walked into a drug store in Memphis, Tennessee, to drop off film to be developed when she realized she had one exposure left.
She noticed a young boy outside the drugstore and asked him to pose with his bicycle so she could finish the roll and turn it in.
#GOP media darling Kyle Rittenhouse who was acquitted after shooting 3 people, 1 fatally, during a #GeorgeFloyd protest in 2020, promptly scurried from a stage at University of #Memphis last night after he couldn't handle being booed for his responses to questions on #racism from a Black protestor at the event. Kudos to the Black student body at U of M!
! Former #Memphis officer to plead guilty to federal charges in #TyreNichols' death: Attorney
Desmond Mills Jr. is one of five former Memphis police officers facing charges.
Hundreds of Memphis-area kids are diagnosed with lead poisoning each year. Why aren’t more pediatricians testing for it? Here's what parents need to know about the warning signs and symptoms. (via MLK50) 🧪
“The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into whether the #Memphis Police Department has an unconstitutional "pattern or practice" of using excessive force and racial discrimination…” #DOJ#legal
#BreakingNews
My sister, who lives in Germantown, TN, USA, a suburb of Memphis, is telling me some dystopian details about the aftermath of a huge wind storm that knocked power out to a large swath of the county.
The water treatment facility that serves the area has been contaminated by 100 gallons of diesel fuel that leaked into the treated water over two days without anyone noticing.
Stores are already out of bottled water.
During a press conference that happened this afternoon:
No timeline was provided for when water would be restored
No bottled drinking water will be provided by the city to residents (you are on your own)
Told not to bathe or wash clothes in the water
When a reporter asked whether people who drank the water today should be concerned, the answer was "talk to your health care provider" (WTF)
Methodist Hospital, one of the largest in the area (which is known for huge medical centers), is having to transfer their patients out
Current temp in the area is above 90 degrees and is expected to be in the upper 80s to upper 90s for the next 10 days.
Now: Department of Justice announces a civil rights investigation into the City of #Memphis and the Memphis Police Department, following a pattern of "excessive force and racial disparities" along with other discriminatory actions. #DOJ#CivilRights
Five former Memphis, Tenn., police officers were charged Tuesday with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing.
Good morning. Coming down to the wire with The Lehman Trilogy and things heating up as the weather warms up in Memphis. Photo taken earlier this weekend of one of our technical rehearsals. Gonna be a show. #Memphis#LehmanTrilogy#today#winter#rehearsals#theatre
Today's the day! If you are in the area, please do stop by! 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Come see my art and enjoy some wine and hors d'oeuvres. All art is for sale, and a percentage of the purchase goes to support MBG.
One Tennessee father on the dangers of older rental properties with lead paint exposure: “(That house) ended up destroying our boy’s complete personality.” 🧪
Today in Labor History: March 28, 1968: Martin Luther King led a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Police attacked the workers with mace and sticks. A 16-year old boy was shot. 280 workers were arrested. He was assassinated a few days later after speaking to the striking workers. The sanitation workers were mostly black. They worked for starvation wages under plantation like conditions, generally under racist white bosses. Workers could be fired for being one minute late or for talking back, and they got no breaks. Organizing escalated in the early 1960s and reached its peak in February, 1968, when two workers were crushed to death in the back of a garbage truck.
You're invited, and you're invited, and YOU'RE invited to my opening reception on Sunday, April 7. Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, in Memphis, TN. 2:30 - 4:00. All art will be available for purchase, with a percent going to support the Garden.
[Begley] Free agent Derrick Rose intends to sign a multi-year agreement with the Memphis Grizzlies, per SNY sources. (twitter.com)