Knox (center) stands for a portrait at her home. Knox is a longtime Boxtown resident. Photos by Lucy Garrett for MLK50 Easter ...

Memphis Police Department officers stand on Riverside Drive during a February 2024 protest. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 ...

Visitors to First Congregational Church’s food pantry make their way through the day’s offerings on April 8. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Veronica ...

Brittany M. Brown is the public safety and justice reporter at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. A Mississippi native with roots across Chicago, New Orleans and Guanajuato, Brittany is proud to make ...

Justin Adkins sits for a portrait at Catholic Charities of West Tennessee in Midtown on January 28. Photo by Ziggy Mack for MLK50 After learning to walk again, Justin Adkins traded 14 years of ...

A view of a North Memphis bus stop during a MATA bus tour with the organization’s board in October 2025. Photo by Andrea Morales for MLK50 Last month, officials from TransPro, the consulting firm ...