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Thousands celebrate, remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy 50 years after assassination
MEMPHIS — The eyes of the world were on the balcony in front of Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel on Wednesday just as they were 50 years ago when the shot that ended the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
Contextualization plaque for Memphis slave trade unveiled during MLK anniversary
MEMPHIS -- Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis participated in the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by holding a “Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation” and unveiling a historical marker. The historical marker contextualized Confederate...
Terence Lester marches from Memphis to Atlanta against poverty, hopes to mend racial divisions
Traveling 367 miles from Atlanta to Memphis by car would take almost six hours. By bus, it would take almost nine. But on foot, it’s taken Terence Lester a month. Lester marching between the two cities against poverty and in...
Campus leaders discuss MLK’s impact on them, society
Donald Cole: Assistant provost, assistant to the chancellor for multicultural affairs and associate professor of mathematics Q: How have the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, death and legacy shaped your world? Donald Cole A: MLK has been the standard...
Word on the Street: Remembering MLK
Katrina Caldwell, vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement: Katrina Caldwell "Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave us a roadmap to a particular spot on the journey towards justice. He never intended to take us to the final destination...
Paris-Yates Chapel bells ring 39 times to honor The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Paris-Yates Chapel Peddle Bell Tower rings 39 times at 6:01 on Wednesday, the time of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death 50 years ago at age 39. Photo by Marlee Crawford Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King...
Participants in ‘I Am A Man’ reenactment photograph say there is still progress to be made for working class
MEMPHIS — “Our best days are ahead of us,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said Wednesday morning. Strickland was one of the main speakers at the “I Am a Man” reenactment photo on Beale Street as part of the commemoration of...
Ole Miss law students organize drive to help Jacksonville State University students in wake of tornado
In the wake of destruction in Jacksonville, Alabama, two Ole Miss law students took it upon themselves to help the community heal. A tornado with winds up to 150 miles per hour devastated the Jacksonville area March 19, leaving many...
Students debate definitions of sexual consent at Great Debate
The Ethics Bowl team squared off in the Great Debate on Tuesday night in Bryant Hall over consensual sex. Though the idea of whether consent is necessary was never in question, debaters did argue which should be the normal standard...
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