Feb 1, 2021
Memphis Black History you should know.
Did you know that Beverly Cato Robertson is the first female to be the President and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber?
Robertson is a Memphian born and bred. She worked at Holiday Inn Worldwide for 19 years in a diverse range of positions. Upon leaving Corporate America, she was asked to become interim executive director of the National Civil Rights Museum and ultimately spent over 17 years as museum leader and president. She raised over $43 million during her tenure and built the annual Freedom Awards to global prominence including visiting President Nelson Mandela in his South African home to personally appeal to him to attend the ceremony. She helped lead the museum to world-class status, becoming accredited by the American Association of Museums, being voted one of the Top Ten Treasures in America by USA Today and one of the World’s Top 10 Most Iconic Sites.
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WOMEN UNITED AND UNITED WAY OF THE MID-SOUTH CONVENE “CANDID CONVERSATIONS: COVID-19 VACCINES .
United Way of the Mid-SouthFebruary 1, 2021 GMT
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Women United and United Way of the Mid-South will assemble a Town Hall on Thursday, February 11, from 6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. CST, for all to learn more about the COVID-19 virus and the vaccinations available to the public. “Candid Conversations: COVID-19 Vaccinations” will be led by keynote speaker, Dr. Barney Graham, MD, PhD, Deputy Director of the NIH Vaccine Research Center and Chief of the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory, and will feature an impressive panel engaged in an honest conversation about the vaccine and its role in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. In partnership with Local24 Memphis, The Commercial Appeal, National Civil Rights Museum and MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, this di
RV Travel
January 29, 2021
By Nanci Dixon
Expand a National Parks bucket list by traveling the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. This has been an unprecedented year of social and political unrest in the United States. It is a year where the lessons learned should not be forgotten and one of the best ways to not forget is to learn more. There are more than 100 sites to visit on the Civil Rights Trail in 15 states, mainly across the South.
My husband is Black and grew up in Mississippi under Jim Crow segregation. Sometimes visiting the museums was just too much for him, and sometimes he would pause and reflect on the past versus the present. As we traveled and visited some of the sites, we did so with a heavy heart.
National Civil Rights Museum president leaves mark on site
by John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 30, 2021 10:55 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 30, 2021 at 10:58 am EDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. In November 2014, Terri Lee Freeman became president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
Two years later, the Smithsonian Institution opened its much-heralded National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington.
The following year saw the arrival of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson.
In April of the next year came the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.