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People who live in Memphis’ poor codes not only die sooner than anyone else in Shelby County.
They die sooner than people in developing nations like Ecuador and Bolivia.
That someone born in South Memphis may not live to age 70 while, according to the CIA World Factbook, someone born in those two poor, Latin American countries may live to age 74, may not surprise many folks.
But what also shouldn’t surprise many folks is that residents in 38126 and 38106, people who live in a rich nation but struggle to live as long as people in impoverished ones, might give the side-eye to a government that suddenly seems to value their lives.
Memphis churches to offer free 12-week financial literacy program
40 churches came together to form the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis after the death of George Floyd. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 1:08 PM CDT April 8, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A free twelve week financial literacy program begins Thursday night. It hopes to get people struggling out of debt and financially empowered. The program is being brought to Memphians virtually for free from the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis.
“We want to make certain that the Black church, the African-American church, does more than make us happy on Sunday morning, Rev. Darell Harrington said.
Harrington is a pastor at New Sardis Baptist Church: one of the 40 predominately black churches that came together to form the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis after the death of George Floyd.
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In a year marred by continuing struggles for racial equality and justice, many of the issues that drove Dr. King are still prevalent today. Rev. Lawrence Turner of the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, TN joins to discuss King’s legacy and today’s fight against poverty and racial injustice.
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Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of the Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
King had been in Memphis advocating on the behalf of Black laborers and equal pay.