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Memphis is notoriously known for its shocking poverty rates, which are higher than the poverty rates in Shelby County for every category (2015 Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet), and that is not a good thing. Memphis is also known for its high unemployment rates and its low availability of a skilled workforce (Does Memphis Have a Fighting Chance), and that is not great, either. Finally, it is well known that Memphis has one of the highest crime rates in the country (Memphis TN: Crime Data and Crime Rates)

assassinated. Jesse felt like somebody had marched up and slapped him straight across the face. Consequently, he peered up at the television screen and listened as a news reporter said, “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis earlier this afternoon. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 P.M. at the St. Joseph’s Hospital.” A sick feeling spread throughout Jesse’s body as he came to comprehend that the Dr. King his community had supported and loved, was dead. Dr. King’s death

helped bring equality to all people in America. One such man was Dr. King. Civil rights progressed in America partly due to the death of Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King. Leading up to his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was on his way to memphis, Tennessee to participate in a sanitation workers strike. The colored sanitation workers were upset because of poor working conditions. On On 1 February 1968, two colored men were crushed by a malfunctioning garbage compactor. Twelve days later 1

Benjamin Hooks Benjamin Lawson Hooks, the former leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on January 30, 1925 in a residential area called Memphis, Tennessee. He was a son to Robert and Bessie Hooks. His guardians were both poor individuals, and his fatherly grandma, Julia Britton Hooks (1852-1942), an alumna from Berea College in Kentucky, was the second black woman in the United States to graduate from high school. Hooks came from a family that

values Smith grew his small company in the second largest global carrier. FedEx was built through hard work and dedication to a better service. FedEx is a strong company today and continues to deliver packages all over the world from their base in Memphis Tennessee. Keywords: FedEx, Federal, Express, airline, carrier, services   The History of the Federal Express Air Carrier Service People are always looking for faster and more efficient ways to ship packages. Stores and suppliers are

Action and Intention In Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. responds to the clergymen with an effective piece that criticizes their lack of involvement. King’s statement, “Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will,” powerfully summarizes his irritation with not only the clergymen, but with the white moderates (King 267). Personally, I find this quote intriguing because of its complexity. King’s style of

gave people hope and spoke of the equality for all. Due to his popularity and worldwide recognition, his death was of course a huge topic to be discussed. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther Jr. was shot outside his hotel room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead at 7:05 that evening. The announcement of his death immediately caused an uproar and later even violence to occur. Martin Luther King Jr’s death was no ordinary death, upon investigating

Lauren Jones- Year 10 Law Assignment Script Martin Luther King Jnr Assassination In 1968, the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jnr. was assassinated while standing on his second-floor balcony in Memphis Tennessee. A man from Illinios named James Earl Ray was arrested shortly after and was charged with King’s murder. James Earl Ray was born in Illinios, United States on the 10th of March 1928. He was the oldest child in a large family of eleven. Ray enlisted in the army in 1945 where he was

The paintings that will be compared and contrasted are “Beale Street Blues” and “No Easy Rider” by Palmer Hayden. Palmer Hayden created both artworks on an oil canvas during the Harlem Renaissance period. “Beale Street Blues” as the title suggest is about Beale Street in Harlem, New York. “No Easy Rider” there is not a clear suggestion from the title. He is notorious for his depictions of everyday life or mundane activities of the African Americans. Beale Street Blues was created in 1943 and

The strength of a speech does not come from the strength of a person’s voice, but the strength comes from the passion of the speaker towards the subject. The film Selma directed by Ana DuVernay, portrays the story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle to achieve voting rights in the south for African Americans. In the film, two speeches that King spoke caught my attention, they are “Give Us the Vote” and “Who Murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?”. After analyzing both speeches, I have found that both are