memphis (tenn.)

Investigates the true story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, who in 1892 were discovered to be lesbian lovers and were forcibly separated. Alice, heartbroken that Freda moved on seemingly with ease, slit Freda's throat, and was then declared insane.

"Recounts the 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his final speech to strikers the night before his assassination, and details the perseverance of strikers before and after his death"--OCLC.

Photographs and text introduce the Memphis Grizzlies.

Chronicles events in the last days of Martin Luther King, Jr. Features quotes, a timeline, photographs, and further resources.

The history of the Memphis Grizzlies professional basketball team from its start in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1995 to today, spotlighting the franchise's greatest players and moments.

Recounts the events surrounding the 1968 public-employee strike in Memphis that paralyzed the city and led to a complete overhaul of the city's plantation mentality that set the predominately African-American public workers apart from their upper-class white counterparts.