TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 2, 2018
The United States District Court for Western Tennessee is hosting an event to commemorate the 1968 federal litigation involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s right to march with Memphis sanitation workers. The event is a co-production with the Federal Bar Association - Memphis/Mid-South Chapter and the Tennessee Bar Association. Guest speakers include Walter Bailey, Mike Cody and Charles Newman, who were attorneys for Dr. King, and Frierson Graves, attorney for the City of Memphis. It will take place on April 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law's Wade Auditorium. Admission is free but seating is limited. RSVP before March 16 by emailing usdc_mlk50@tnwd.uscourts.gov.