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At Least 24 Memphis Police Officers Hurt In Protests After Deadly Shooting

By NPR News June 13, 2019

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings speaks to reporters early Thursday in Memphis, Tenn., after armed officers and an angry crowd faced off late Wednesday night after officers with the U.S. Marshals Service shot and killed a man while trying to take him into custody. Adrian Sainz/AP

The shooting occurred around 7 p.m. local time, as officers from the U.S. Marshals Service tried to take a man into custody in the Frayser community in Memphis, Tenn.Read More

The Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike: King’s Last Cause For Economic Justice

By NPR News March 28, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking to a mass meeting at the Mason Temple in support of striking sanitation workers. CREDIT: MEMPHIS-PRESS-SCIMITAR

They wanted better working conditions and higher pay, but they needed help strategizing. Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis to help.Read More

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