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    Commemoration Ceremonies of the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s Death Attracts Thousands

    Clint ConfehrBy No Comments1 Min Read
    Tourists from Germany, journalists from Japan and a reporter from Spain are here to witness and be counted. Children on field trips are being taught about the importance and influence of Dr. King’s philosophy of peace and racial reconciliation. Photo by Clint Confehr

    By Clint Confehr

    MEMPHIS, TN — By the end of Wednesday, MLK50 officials anticipate 10s of thousands of people in Memphis for the commemoration of Martin Luther King’s assassination.

      • Carrying that message daily is the National Civil Rights Museum in the Lorraine Motel where King was slain by James Earl Ray, a sniper who shot ftom a bathroom across Mulberry Street.

    Federal laws including the voting rights acts of 1963-65 — gutted the Supreme Court a few years ago — led to the election of black mayors and lawmakers. It’s a legacy of Dr. King that’s threatened today as speakers here chant “Up the Vote.”

     

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    Clint Confehr — an American journalist since 1972 — first wrote for The Tennessee Tribune in 1999. His news writing and photography in South Central Tennessee and the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area began in the summer of 1980. Clint's covered news in several Southern states at newspapers, radio stations and one TV station. Married since 1982, he's a grandfather and is semi-retired from daily news work.

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