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Jimmy T.

Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers - 1 views

www.archives.gov/...memphis-v-mlk

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  • Jimmy T. on 11 Feb 14
     
    This is a detailed explanation of the Memphis Sanitation Workers and Martin Luther King Jr., both important in the Civil Rights movement.
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  • Jimmy T. on 11 Feb 14
     
    This page gives a very detailed overview of the Civil Rights movement in general, and also a lot of things people have already tried.
  • Devin M on 12 Feb 14
     
    This info is old and outdated. MLK's march for the sanitation workers was in the mid-late 60's.
  • Jack F on 12 Feb 14
     
    The tripod is not complete or done at all and there is no ladder of feedback
  • Samuel K on 12 Feb 14
     
    I do not understand why you did a website that was not updated.
  • Jim K on 19 Feb 14
     
    This isn't really up to date. Please try to find modern stuff. :)
  • Jimmy T. on 25 Feb 14
     
    The question I had to answer was, "What have people already tried?" Therefore, it doesn't really matter how recent it is, as long as it's relevant and reliable.
Jim K

Three more thugs arrested for racially motivated mob attacks in Warner Robbins, GA - 2 views

topconservativenews.com/...b-attacks-in-warner-robbins-ga

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shared by Jim K on 10 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • If the races had been reversed, this would be a major national news story. There is absolutely no doubt that national media would be in a frenzy right now. About thirty black teenagers, in Warner Robins, Georgia, celebrated a snow day by rioting and committing racially motivated hate crime mob attack. Five white adults were brutally attacked by the mob. One of the victims was a woman who had an infant baby with her. The thugs posted the this photo (right) on the internet to gloat about the attacks. The thugs screamed racial slurs during the assaults. The total number of arrests has increased to five. Since the perps are all juveniles, there will be very little repercussions for their actions. From Macon Telegraph… Three more teens were arrested Friday for their alleged involvement in an attack at Warner Robins High School last week when the school was closed for snow. D’Angelo Montell Roquemore, 17, of Warner Robins, has been charged with aggravated assault in the Jan. 29 brawl, according to a police news release. In addition, a 15-year-old boy from Warner Robins and a 14-year-old boy from Warner Robins were each charged with aggravated assault, the release states. Police did not release the boys’ names because they are juveniles. Two teens already were arrested in the incident, bringing the total number of arrests to five. Shymalik Raekwon Mitchell, 17, of Warner Robins, was arrested Wednesday an
    • Jim K
      Jim K on 12 Feb 14
       
      Something not fair is how if this were the other way around, this would be very major. It seems like media today is still racist.... just now to white people
    • Sam B
      Sam B on 12 Feb 14
       
      It's a good topic but this does not apply to racism in Memphis.
  • Jim K on 10 Feb 14
     
    3 black thugs called a white awful racial slurs, and brutally beat him.
  • Ben S on 12 Feb 14
     
    In the article I feel like it is one sided. We didn't here from the black point of view, what if the 5 white people threatened them? I feel like you need to add to the tags. For example, assault. Also, you highlighted almost all of it and Mr. Cummings said not to. Also, Georgia isn't in our community. We need to find the other side of the story, like what caused the black kids to kill them. What were the white people doing to provoke the blacks to kill them?
  • Graham W on 19 Feb 14
     
    I agree with Sam it really doesn't apply to Memphis because every night on Action News 5 you always see that someone either kidnapped someone or murdered someone. It is also black people and white people. So it wouldn't really be a big deal if a white guy murdered someone randomly. This happens every day in Memphis either a murder, abuse, or kidnapping, its not a big deal white or black.
Jerry P

What Are the Memphis Police Hiding? | American Civil Liberties Union - 3 views

www.aclu.org/...what-are-memphis-police-hiding

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  • Jerry P on 12 Feb 14
     
    In this article, it talks about how the police went to close down a freestyle rap session in downtown Memphis. When a concert attendee started to film the police, an officer took his phone, and threw him in a squad car. Everyone has the right to videotape police activity.
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  • Jerry P on 12 Feb 14
     
    This article is important because the reason the police didn't want to be filmed probably had something to do with racial profiling.
  • Graham W on 25 Feb 14
     
    It tells that they are hiding but also what are they hiding from.
  • Jimmy T. on 25 Feb 14
     
    This page is one-sided. It doesn't look at the perspective of the police. Maybe there were noise complaints, so the police had to put an end to it. That doesn't mean it isn't happening though.
  • Jim K on 25 Feb 14
     
    I already posted this a long time ago
Hewes S

Articles about Racial Discrimination - Los Angeles Times - 1 views

articles.latimes.com/...racial-discrimination

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  • Hewes S on 25 Feb 14
     
    Fixing voting rights.
  • Samuel K on 25 Feb 14
     
    I think that this article can help in our group discussion. Also this article is reverent and reliable, but I think that you might want to make it in our community.
Henry B

On This Day: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated - 17 views

www.findingdulcinea.com/...--Assassinated-in-Memphis.html

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  • Henry B on 10 Feb 14
     
    Martin Luther King was in Memphis, when he was assassinated. The racial discrimination in the city killed Martin Luther King. The whites didn't like him and beat him and arrested him and tortured him. When he was at this motel, he was killed due to the racial discrimination in Memphis.
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  • Henry B on 10 Feb 14
     
    I thought this was interesting because it shows the racism in Memphis. This problem can get bigger and bigger if it is allowed. This crime was done because Martin Luther King was black. This is a big part in racial discrimination.
  • Sam B on 12 Feb 14
     
    "and beat him and arrested him and tortured him" is a run-on sentence. The crime was not done just because he was black. The attack was done because he was supporting blacks. Also you need to list this under history.
  • Hewes S on 19 Feb 14
     
    I think this is to long ago and it won't really give lots of information about today society.
  • Blake S on 19 Feb 14
     
    I argue with Hewes because it was formal and gave recent information ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
  • Sam B on 19 Feb 14
     
    Although this article gives specific information about Memphis' history, the information is not recent nor important for today's situation.
  • Griffin R on 19 Feb 14
     
    I agree with Hewes, It was a long time ago. You need to find a website with recent info.
  • Jim K on 19 Feb 14
     
    Memphis is a big city for civil rights in America, but I think you could find something that relates to today, and effects our society.
  • Robert D on 19 Feb 14
     
    Are there any facts backing theses conspires, and what causes them to be so compelling?
  • Caleb B on 19 Feb 14
     
    This is not important because it is to old for our question.
  • Jack F on 19 Feb 14
     
    While this does go over the racial discrimination I think this more one sided and is only about Dr. Martian Luther King.
  • Seth R on 19 Feb 14
     
    How does this relate to us reducing racism in our community ? I like how you used facts to back up the problem. I don't think that this doesn't really relate to us reducing racism. I suggest that you find an article that does realet to our issue.
  • Samuel K on 19 Feb 14
     
    This is a good topic and I think that it will help in our group discussion, but I think that you need something more recent.
  • Devin M on 19 Feb 14
     
    Why is this important today if it happened in 1968?I like the historical reference.I'm concerned with it's outdated info. I suggest you find something more current.
  • Ben S on 19 Feb 14
     
    Although this happened many years ago, I think this article can help us in this proses of how we can reduce racism in our community.
  • Sam B on 19 Feb 14
     
    This may be a little one-sided. The passage talks about the outrage and distress after King's death, but not the feelings of racist people in the country.
  • Jimmy T. on 19 Feb 14
     
    I do not think this is biased. However, I would question whether or not it is relevant to what we are studying. Your question was, "Where/how do we address the problem and change things?". The upcoming days of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination aren't relevant to that question.
Jim K

Racism in Memphis - Racial Unity - 4 views

sites.google.com/...racism-in-memphis

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  • Does racism still exist forty years after the Civil Rights movement?  Do African Americans continue to face racial discrimination in today’s society?  Does racism undermine our national unity?  The answer to these questions is overwhelmingly yes.  No matter how far America progresses, there will always be people who thwart America’s evolution into a post-racist society.  Nonetheless, in order to gain understanding of our progression, or lack of, we must first analyze racism on a local level.  In order to alleviate racist attitudes, we must first put forth an effort in our own homes and communities.  Local citizens should work together in order to instill a sense of community shared across racial lines.  The social and economic status of African Americans may vary from city to city, but in Memphis, Tennessee, racial discrimination is undeniably still an issue.
  •  Memphis, Tennessee has long been known as a city that symbolizes racism; Memphis will forever be burdened with being labeled as “the city where Dr. King was assassinated.”  Because Memphis was the sight of the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King, it is the best place to test America’s progress. 
  • Jim K on 10 Feb 14
     
    This is how Memphis is still effected by racial issues still today. We are forever to be categorized as the city were King died.
  • Sam B on 19 Feb 14
     
    Although much of the information is believable and maybe even true, most of it is an opinion stating that Memphis is a racists community known as the place where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
Devin M

Anti-racist forces in Tennessee say no to Klan, 'American Renaissance' » In t... - 27 views

www.workers.org/...o-to-klan-american-renaissance

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  • Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest were leading figures in splitting up the U.S. during 1861-65 in that failed war to maintain the economic system of slavery. Davis was president of the Confederate States of America, 11 states that seceded from the Union
  • Devin M on 19 Feb 14
     
    This article consists of the KKK marches in our general area. KKK tried to save Nathan Bedford Forrest and Jefferson Davis legacy by not allowing Memphis to rename the racist parks.
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  • Jim K on 19 Feb 14
     
    Please check if other people had posted it before you post.
  • Robert D on 20 Feb 14
     
    This article is great because this shows the other side of the fight. Some African Americans have made some bad choices, but so have many whites as we have seen with the KKK, church bombing, and many others that exemplify the cruelty that both sides have done to push for there cause.
  • Griffin R on 20 Feb 14
     
    If the park is named after a racist, that does not mean that the park is racist.
  • Jack F on 20 Feb 14
     
    I think that the only way people who are racist like the KKK are getting their power is because of the reaction they get. I mean does someone complain when none of the people they are talking to care what they say.
  • Jimmy T. on 20 Feb 14
     
    I agree with Jack. I think racist groups like the KKK get their power is because so many people talk about them and do news articles on them.
  • Jerry P on 20 Feb 14
     
    Most articles only talk about African Americans and stuff they did, but this article is one of those rare ones that talks about bad stuff white people do. I agree with Robert.
  • Henry B on 20 Feb 14
     
    I like this because it is a little different like Jerry said, but I see that you highlighted this and I don't think it said everything you really wanted to say.
  • Samuel K on 20 Feb 14
     
    I also agree with Robert. I think that all of these people put a lot of lives in the way for a problem that could have easily been solved. It also shows how the blacks had to struggle for their rights and freedom. This article also looks at not just the black side of this problem (because that is the side that we always look at) but how that African Americans also made some bad choices and how some of them effected the problem as well.
  • SeanMarc T on 21 Feb 14
     
    This event shows how Memphis has a bad racist history and that it wasn't a good idea to name the parks the name of racists in the first place.
  • William S on 21 Feb 14
     
    This is very questionable. I would like to see the originator of this park. Perhaps a KKK leader created it? This is a big problem and I'm glad they're fixing it.
  • Ben S on 21 Feb 14
     
    This is a great article to help us get more information about our city's black history. This is a great article for our group to collaborate on and discuss.
  • Seth R on 21 Feb 14
     
    How does this develop our learning? It's really just about a park named after someone. I like how this is up-to-date and uses facts and history.
  • Hewes S on 21 Feb 14
     
    This does not give us any further information about racial discrimination. It has nothing to do with helping it either.
  • Sam B on 24 Feb 14
     
    This points to how the KKK is getting weaker despite the ongoing of the clan and how some of them are even in Memphis.
Ben S

Bernard King says he faced racism with Tennessee Volunteers - 3 views

espn.go.com/...ed-racism-tennessee-volunteers

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  • Henry B on 25 Feb 14
     
    Bernard King says how he was racially discriminated. The police came and hit him and he wasn't treated right. His friends didn't realize he was in trouble and he wished they did. His team could have helped him.
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  • Henry B on 25 Feb 14
     
    I think King was thought of badly because he was good at basketball and the white fans and players of other teams didn't like that he was black.
  • Sam B on 25 Feb 14
     
    This is not recent and a little one sided. The events are only told by King's perspective and no other reason he discriminated.
  • Ben S on 25 Feb 14
     
    This article talks about racism in Tennessee towards a Tennessee Volunteer basketball player.
  • Ben S on 25 Feb 14
     
    This is will be a great article for us to collaborate on for us to reduce the problems of racial discrimination in our community.
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