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Sign of solidarity: Artist’s billboard takes on environmental racism in...
Inspired by Black landowners in Southwest Memphis, Georgia-based artist Najee Dorsey hopes to draw attention to the environmental injustice he sees happening in the area with an ominous billboard....
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‘A victory for us’: Southwest Memphis residents elated as developers drop...
Opponents of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline gather at Alonzo Weaver Park Friday to celebrate the news that developers were abandoning the project. Justin J. Pearson, second from right, is one of...
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Question may be left unanswered regarding Byhalia Pipeline’s right to claim...
Clyde Robinson sits in his truck on his property in Southwest Memphis. Photo by Brandon Dill for MLK50. A scheduled hearing Friday on whether Byhalia Pipeline can use eminent domain to take land may...
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Company asks for revocation of federal, state permits for Byhalia Connection...
Marchers make their way towards Memphis City Hall from the National Civil Rights Museum protesting the proposed Byhalia Connection Pipeline during an April demonstration. Photo by Brad Vest for MLK50....
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Council holds city-county pipeline ordinance, passes on second reading...
A parcel of land owned by Karmen Johnson-Tutwiler is seen from a nearby railroad culvert in Boxtown. In July, Byhalia Pipeline dropped its plans to route the proposed Byhalia Connection oil pipeline...
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MLK50’s Byhalia Pipeline stories win national award for breaking barriers in...
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism reporter Carrington J. Tatum (center) takes notes on the scene during a protest organized by Memphis Community Against the Pipeline in downtown Memphis in February....
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Why do local environmentalists object to City Council’s proposed...
Memphis City Hall. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Byhalia Pipeline opponents’ fight for legislation to prohibit such developments will extend at least two more weeks while the Memphis City Council...
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Pipelines, gas stations get squeeze from council with new zoning laws
Tuesday’s Memphis City Council meeting ran about 5 ½ hours and included key decisions on zoning ordinances. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 It just became harder to build a crude oil pipeline or...
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States using an old tactic to limit local power
Kizzy Jones (right) and her children Ayden, 11, and Eric, 4, hold signs during a protest in downtown Memphis organized by Memphis Community Against the Pipeline in February 2021. Photo by Andrea...
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Celebrate the Byhalia Pipeline victory but don’t forget there’s more to fight
Kathy Robinson raises her fist in support during a Memphis Community Against the Pipeline (MCAP) rally at Alonzo Weaver Park in Memphis. Photo by Brandon Dill for MLK50 Throughout the years, I’ve seen...
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