Memphis has long had legendary ... footsteps were the women who made a difference in our city by taking the lead during the Civil Rights Movement. Topping that list is Maxine Smith, who was ...

In 1968, he returned to Memphis to support a strike by city sanitation workers and lead a nonviolent march. “A defining moment for the civil rights movement is the Memphis sanitation strike.

A new documentary from the Benjamin Hooks Institute and the University of Memphis featuring ... to Injustice: Tent City & the Fayette Co. TN Civil Rights Movement is available to stream on pbs.org ...

The National Civil Rights Museum and Unite Memphis today announced a new partnership to amplify the message and movement of healing, honor, and hope in the city of Memphis. This collaboration ...

Following in her footsteps were the women who made a difference in our city by taking the lead during the Civil Rights Movement. Born in Memphis in 1929, she graduated from Booker T. Washington ...