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Early life and activism. The Lee sisters (Ernestine, Ruth Elaine, Sandra, Brenda, Peggy Jane, Joan and Susan) are the seven daughters of Robert and Alversa Williams Lee. Their mother's father, Dennis Williams, was born into slavery in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. [ 1][ 2] At the time, Memphis was segregated, and young people were losing.
Tami Sawyer (born April 27, 1982) is an American politician and civil rights activist. [1][2] She was elected in August 2018 as Shelby County Commissioner for District 7 and resides in Memphis, Tennessee. [3] She is a member of the Democratic Party. She serves as chair of the Education and Legislative committees. [4]
OCLC. 1696334. Women: A Journal of Liberation was a North American women's journal based on second-wave feminism. The journal was created in 1968 by Dee Ann Mims, Donna Keck, Vicki Pollard, and Carmen Arbona in Baltimore, Maryland after attending one of the first Women's Liberation Conferences. Citing a gap in the market for a national feminist ...
The first inter-school game of the Memphis Tigers (then West Tennessee State Normal School) was a 24–0 win over Whitehaven High School in 1914. The University dropped women's athletics in 1936 and did not return women's athletics to varsity sport status until the 1972–73 season. [2]
November 14, 2023 at 4:01 AM. September 26, 2023: MEMPHIS, TN - A view of Memphis Towers where more than 160 residents live. The mold that made Andrea Smith sick first showed up on her bathroom ...
Why Diversity Matters. Leaders working to create diverse and inclusive workplaces in which women can advance must make the connection between diversity initiatives and their organization’s business goals.1 Effective business cases set the context for diversity and identify organizational challenges that must be addressed in order to create ...
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In February, the Memphis-Shelby County Board of Education selected Marie Feagins to be the district’s next superintendent. In June, it gave her the green light to slash hundreds of positions and ...