Tag Archive | "Civil Rights"

#58: StiQRd with Aaron Prather

#58: StiQRd with Aaron Prather

Coming to an app-store near you: StiQRd! Founded right here in snowy (at least for today) Memphis, Tennessee, StiQRd is a location-based check-in service (like Foursquare or Gowalla), but it’s unique characteristic is in the program’s marriage of QR codes and GPS location. Aaron Prather, the CEO, is the real expert though, so we’ll let [...] [...more]

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Inauguration Expedition

Inauguration Expedition

This Saturday, we were lucky to listen to firsthand accounts of the recent inauguration from two very unique perspectives. The Expedition was joined at Caritas Village by Civil Rights activist Georgia King, and local businessman Harry Brown, who were both present at the inauguration.     Caritas Village, which is centered around the idea of [...] [...more]

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Civil Rights Expedition

Civil Rights Expedition

This MLK Jr. Day, several expedition members traveled deep into delta territory into historic Money, MS to explore the events surrounding the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-Year-Old African-American youth from Chicago. Emmett’s murder is often overlooked as one of the great catalysts to the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s. Our mission was to [...] [...more]

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