Jets Wire

'Freedom,' Tigers and the task force converge during big night in Downtown Memphis

A busy night in Downtown Memphis brought together the civil rights museum's Freedom Award, the Memphis Tigers and the Memphis Safe Task Force.
Philadelphia Tribune

As the National Guard enters Memphis, memories of MLK and 1968 unrest resurface

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he marched in the ...
The Grio

For those who lived through 1968 and MLK’s death, Memphis’ streets feel hauntingly familiar as the National Guard returns

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he marched in the ...