The Grio

For those who lived through 1968 and MLK’s death, Memphis’ streets feel hauntingly familiar as the National Guard returns

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he marched in the ...
Yahoo News Canada

As the National Guard enters Memphis, memories of MLK and 1968 unrest resurface

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he marched in the ...
Chicago Tribune

As the National Guard enters Memphis, memories of MLK and 1968 unrest resurface

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he marched in the ...
KTHV

As the National Guard enters Memphis, memories of MLK and 1968 unrest resurface

King had come to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers striking to protest inhumane treatment after a malfunctioning garbage truck killed two laborers. King led a demonstration in ...
CBS News

Former Illinois National Guard commander says he's "never seen" troops called up from out of state before

Part of President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Illinois are 400 members of the Texas National Guard, a move a former Illinois National Guard commander said he has "never seen before." ...