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In Birmingham, Alabama before April of 1963 there was a lot of prejudice dividing the population. The whites had instilled a mindset they were better and of higher authority than the African Americans. Birmingham was one of the most segregated cities in the South, being the worst kind of city for an African American to live in. Martin Luther King Junior was asked to lead a march in Birmingham regarding the injustice. After the peaceful protest King and some of his fellow leaders of the march were

Chavez’s Push For Nonviolence “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. Marin Luther King Jr. In Dr. Kings life he fought endlessly for what he believes in. He challenged his followers to do the same when they are faced with an injustice too. During Cesar Chavez’s article he follows the same mindset and believes as MLK and shares the differences between protesting styles. In an excerpt from “He Showed Us The Way”, Cesar Chavez fights for the push of nonviolence in the listeners

to Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee in the same way a religious person would journey to a holy site. Through usage of imagery, tone, and metaphorical devices throughout allow this song to function as a comically surreal poem.

House. Boarding his flight due south, Chef Cole Ellis of Delta Meat Market recaps “It is by all means an honor and we definitely showed them a good time.”
 Hand-selected and assembled by Chef Phillip Ashley Rix of Phillip Ashley Chocolates in Memphis, the team collaborated to plan and prepare a menu best sharing a glimpse of home, homage, and culinary history. The cast of chefs consisted

Mississippi Delta became very industrialized in the early 1980s. The Delta had risen from a swampy wilderness through its heyday as the New South’s Old South to its post-New Deal status as a planter’s paradise, where those who reaped the benefits of a rapidly modernizing plantation economy also managed to maintain their dominance in social and political sphere. Agriculture remains the backbone of the region 's economy, but farms that once required hundreds of people have become more technical.

Scarce Resources in South Memphis Leads to Violence, Deaths, and Uneducated Youth My non-profit organization’s purpose is to provide wraparound services for children and families within the community. Opening a daycare, aftercare, and social services center, the organization desires to foster positive socioeconomic results for individuals within the City of Memphis, Tennessee. The organization will provide an assortment of youth and family services in which patrons can access year round at

hospitality was very welcoming. After hours of hearing their conversation, they approach and told me that my step-father obtained a transfer to Mississippi. My step-father worked as a homeland security officer at Los Angeles international airport. Memphis international airport was the closet location from Mississippi. I burst out into tears since I was beginning a new chapter in my life. He included that we had two months. I burst into tears again; I asked myself “why me?”. My mother and I began to

Heroes and Their True Worth “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”- Christopher Reeve. What are heroes? Several things may come to mind when considering this question. The most common thing that people think when they hear the word “hero” is someone who is brave, courageous, or risks their lives for others. This only makes up a tiny aspect of what a hero really is. A hero can be an ordinary person who just happened to

I woke up we were at the gas station to fill up again. As we started on the road, we made several stops to use the restroom, fill up on gas, and grab food and snacks for later. My father and brother switch places to drive. I wanted to drive, but my father would not let me. I was sad and disappointed. It was already dark and my father drove for several hours. My oldest brother and I offered to drive for a while because we knew he was getting tired again. My father refused, we all went back

Did you know that Martin Luther King JR was shot and killed in a hotel in Memphis? Martin Luther King is one of the best motivators of his time, with words like, don’t judge someone by the color of their skin, but by the actions that they choose to make. MLK (Martin Luther King JR) was a shooting star, that actually makes dreams come true, you only see that once in a lifetime. First, MLK was one of those people who knew education like it was the back of their hand. Also, if it wasn’t for his speeches