Posted on 08/15/2016 9:50:55 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Activists for black lives release plans to "Shut Down Graceland"
by: Zach Crenshaw Updated: Aug 15, 2016 - 8:39 AM Loading
It's been the summer of protests, and now another one is planned.
The Coalition of Concerned Citizens, including Black Lives Matter protesters and others groups announced their plan to "Shut Down Graceland."
Protest leaders say the mass demonstration is planned for 6:00 PM Monday. They said they specifically chose Graceland because it is Elvis week and they know it will raise awareness.
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Leaders say they also chose Graceland because "it demonstrates one of Memphis's most common forms of financial inequality and because the site has ties to...the death of unarmed teen Darrius Stewart."
We feel like we still haven't been answered," said Frank Gottie, a community leader. "They're givin us the runaround."
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If carried out, the Elvis Week demonstration will be the third high-profile protest by Black Lives Matter and other groups in the last month.
Most recently in front of Graceland, where some protesters were detained for blocking traffic.
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At the time, activists said they wanted their demands met by the city, which they admitted would take time.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox13memphis.com ...
Rename it GhettoLand or JiveLand.
ok
Elvis died on my 10th birthday.
having my mother crying all day and night sure put a damper on the festivities..
I think most people are well aware of BLM. Very well aware. It is a violent racial superiority hate group that are the new shock troops for Obama’s revolution.
Graceland?
Talk about low-effort.
Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant ____ to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Mother ____ him and John Wayne
Elvis traveled armed at all times, if I remember right.
Televisions were in constant fear.
How about "Raceland" ?
But I’ve reason to believe
We won’t will be received
In Graceland
Making a list...
THe American Flag
White people
Businesses (owned by mostly white people)
Elvis (white guy)
John Wayne (white guy)
Milk (because it’s white?)
White Christmas ( because it doesn’t mention black snow?)
By their logic (they should also protest)...
Internet (was mostly invented by white people)
flight
TV
Air Conditioning
Fast Food
Automobile
Bicycle
zippers
We were going to go a couple of years ago but we got hit with an early blue norther and ended up driving down through Dallas instead. I really am over it. I was never an Elvis fan anyway. It was scary enough going through Atlanta and Nashville.
Whitehaven used to be a great place in the 1950s.
See him right now
Kick him right in the head
Step on his blue suede shoes
Balthazar
“Graceland because it is Elvis week and they know it will raise awareness.”
To, ccc and blm: I’m already aware of you and your actions.
I know who sponsors you. I know your end game.
Speaking for myself, I will act accordingly.
5.56mm
He wanted to give President Nixon a pistol (a Colt .45) in a personal visit.
Presidential aides were initially OK with setting up the meeting, but they balked at letting Elvis hand-deliver a weapon to the President in the Oval Office.
After some back-and-forth, Egil Krogh finally set up the meeting. Elvis gave Nixon a gun, and Nixon gave Elvis an official badge of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), which was the predecessor of the DEA.
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