When Black power doesn't keep the lights on - MLK50

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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Memphis, Tennessee

University of Memphis

Rent strike

National Civil Rights Museum

Clayborn Temple

Urban renewal

Martin Luther King , Jr.

The Commercial Appeal

Public housing

Memphis

Suhkara Yahweh

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The article examines the historic housing policy struggles in Memphis, notably the first tenant movement, and touches upon key figures like Minister Suhkara Yahweh. It connects to wider themes of civil rights, as influenced by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the radical activism of the period.

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