MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | Memphis, Tennessee
WEBMLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a nonprofit Memphis newsroom focused on poverty, power and public policy — issues about which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cared deeply.
Do you live in one of Memphis’ Blackest, whitest or most …
WEBAug 6, 2021 · In Memphis, there are 17 neighborhoods — as defined by census tracts — that are at least 98% Black, and there are five that are at least 90% white, according to 2015-2019 data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
It’s been 4 years since MLK50 was born; lessons from the founder …
WEBApr 4, 2021 · We’ve forced institutions to change policy and raise workers’ pay.We’ve increased transparency, elevated the civic conversation around wages, rattled the status quo and of course, broken news. And now, we are 4. My initial plan was for MLK50 to be a one-year project that would end April 4, 2018. The headline on our first story: “The case for justice through journalism.”
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4 years, 10 images: Witnessing Memphis history
WEBApr 4, 2021 · Months earlier, President Donald Trump commenced a dramatic and traumatic administration. And later that year two Confederate monuments came down in Memphis.. Our nonprofit newsroom was catalyzed in a roiling local and national debate. And our dedication to covering it from the point-of-view of …
Practicing a holy boldness - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBJan 17, 2022 · According to Jesus, loving God and loving neighbor are the supreme callings of those who seek life through Him. This calling manifests in many ways. But, we white Christians need to more fully understand that loving God and loving neighbor often require the holy boldness to name injustices when we see them and to act to “bend our privilege ...
No Shelter: Out of prison and nowhere to go
WEBJan 13, 2022 · NO SHELTER is a new series from MLK50 housing reporter Jacob Steimer, interviewing Memphians who have no access to housing. Although the numbers are difficult to track, the Community Alliance for the Homeless estimates that on a given night in 2021, about 200 people were unsheltered in Memphis/Shelby County. The monthly Q&As will introduce readers to neighbors they may not talk to otherwise ...
Neighborhoods - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBAfter the Poor People’s Campaign faded, Memphis tenant organizers carried the torch. Where did the movement go? by Justin A. Davis. Tyre Nichols’ death began with a traffic stop. Now, organizers want to rethink public safety. by Brittany Brown.
These Black Memphis doctors are mentoring the next …
WEBMar 12, 2021 · They work in a predominantly Black city with an overall poverty rate of 21.7% — 26.1% for Black Memphians — according to the 2020 Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet from the University of Memphis School of Social Work. COVID-19 has hit Black and brown communities hardest and there are disparities in vaccination efforts.. Carrington J. Tatum, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism: Can you tell me a ...
An MLK50 celebration - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
WEBJun 14, 2022 · Adrienne Johnson Martin is executive editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Contact her at [email protected]. Tagged: Downtown from the editor hidden. Some of the MLK50: Justice Through Journalism staff, past and present, at our fifth anniversary party on June 11, 2022 at Brickwood Hall in downtown.