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Yakyu Night Owl

One thing that isn't discussed very often is the fallout from the assassination at the Lorraine Hotel. A good number of songs were written in that same building over the years and released on Stax.

After Rev. Dr. King perished on a balcony, the days of songwriters and musicians creating at the hotel where they stayed ended as well.

We must remember this was an attack on an entire culture, and not just an attempt to extinguish a single figure in the Civil Rights Movement.

#Memphis#Stax#MLK
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today In Labor History April 4, 1968: James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. King was in Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike that had started in February, 1968, for better working conditions and higher pay. The strike began 2 weeks after 2 workers were crushed to death when their truck malfunctioned, intensifying the already high level of frustration and anger over working conditions and safety. King led a protest march on March 28. Over 20,000 kids cut class to join the demonstration. Some members of the march began smashing downtown windows and looting. The cops intervened with mace, tear gas, clubs and live gunfire, killing 16-year-old Larry Paine, who had his hands in the air when he was shot. On April 3, one day before his assassination, King gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.

Banner at the 2012 Republican National Convention with an image of Martin Luther King Jr. and his quote: “Today capitalism has outlived its usefulness.” By Liz Mc - Flickr: 'Today capitalism has outlived its usefulness' MLK, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20987101
#workingclass#LaborHistory#CivilRights
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Paul Chambers🚧

🚨 Warning: "Significant, multiple violent Tornado" Threats. The major cities of #Cincinnati, #Indianapolis, #StLouis, #Nashville, #Memphis & #LittleRock and their suburban and rural neighbors are all within this risk. #Weather #WX

Eastern Rural #Cincinnati #Ohio, esp counties bordering the Ohio River, expect the worse to hit around 1AM tonight. The storms are supposed to start around 7pm Wednesday through 5am Thursday for the Cincinnati area

This area is where there is a greater probability for violent tornadoes today

weather map showing those regions under the thread.
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Tom Bremer

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park is a short drive from our home in #Memphis, #Tennessee. It has been a welcoming forest for camping and hiking, and we have witnessed countless moonrises from the shores of Poplar Tree Lake in the park. This second-person ode contemplates these experiences and the wisdom gained from knowing this special place in western Tennessee.

#parks #camping #hiking #lakes #moon #Tennessee #trees #landscapephotography #naturephotography

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Sacred Wonderland · Moonrise Over a Living Forest: Ode to Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, TennesseeA second-person ode that contemplates wisdom gained from witnessing moonrises and other experiences in a forested park in western Tennessee.
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History: March 28, 1968: Martin Luther King led a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Police attacked the workers with mace and sticks. A 16-year old boy was shot. 280 workers were arrested. He was assassinated a few days later after speaking to the striking workers. The sanitation workers were mostly black. They worked for starvation wages under plantation like conditions, generally under racist white bosses. Workers could be fired for being one minute late or for talking back, and they got no breaks. Organizing escalated in the early 1960s and reached its peak in February, 1968, when two workers were crushed to death in the back of a garbage truck.

I Am a Man - Diorama of Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, showing men carrying placards that say, “I am a Man.” - National Civil Rights Museum - Downtown Memphis - Tennessee – USA. By Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22197466
#workingclass#LaborHistory#memphis
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Tom Bremer

Thomas Dambo’s Trolls are in town! The “TROLLS: Save the Humans” exhibition at the Memphis Botanic Gardens features six of these larger-than-life sculptures displayed throughout the grounds. They are made entirely of recycled materials.
The trolls “made a pact to band together and help save the humans by rediscovering nature and teaching us how to live in harmony with the earth.”
#PhotoFriday #Memphis #trolls #gardens #sculpture #ThomasDambo

A very large wooden sculpture of a troll seated on a dry lawn with trees in the background. The troll's outstretched hands hold strings of colorful objects, and a necklace of colorful objects hangs across its chest.
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Conspiracy of Cartographers

One of my favorite #Petrofuture maps….The Mississippi River becomes a vast inland sea reaching up to Memphis. 
Of course New Orleans is gone. I mean, c’mon.

Melted ice caps on a 1956 Shell Oil road map. 

Higher-res images:
conspiracyofcartographers.com

#climateChange #maps #cartography #climateCrisis #greenWashing #Louisiana #Mississippi #NewOrleans #worldBuilding #gulfOfMexico #MississippiRiver #Memphis

Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Petrofuture map…66m sea level rise on a 1956 Shell Oil gas station map. The Mississippi River is completely flooded.
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