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Echoes of Upheaval: National Guard Patrols in Memphis, 1968

October 11, 2025 by Staff
National Guard in Memphis: A Chronicle of the 1968 Civil Rights Struggle

The air in Memphis, Tennessee, in the spring of 1968, was thick with a tension that could be felt in the marrow of one’s bones. It was a tension born of injustice, fueled by simmering anger, and amplified by the persistent drumbeat of a national struggle for civil rights. In the midst of this charged … Read more

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