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The first memorial service following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for family and close friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King ...
Killing of Ma'Khia Bryant. / 39.9157114; -82.8396677. On April 20, 2021, Ma'Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old girl, [2] was fatally shot by police officer Nicholas Reardon in southeast Columbus, Ohio. [3] Released body camera and security camera footage show Bryant brandishing a knife and charging two women consecutively, leading up to the moment ...
Green Lawn Cemetery is an active historic private rural cemetery located in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. Organized in 1848 and opened in 1849, the cemetery was the city's premier burying ground in the 1800s and beyond. An American Civil War memorial was erected there in 1891, and chapel constructed in 1902.
Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie ("Zélie") Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Roman Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun who was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 1925 and Léonie Martin declared "Servant of God" in 2015.
R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has operated continuously in downtown Memphis, Tennessee since 1914. The home has held services for many prominent African-Americans, including Benjamin Hooks and Martin Luther King Jr. The Lewis family was known for its civic leadership.
Deaths. Donovan Lewis. On August 30, 2022, 20-year-old African-American man Donovan Lewis (born May 14, 2002) was shot and killed by Officer Ricky Anderson of the Columbus Division of Police (CDP) in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio as officers served a warrant at his apartment. Police were serving a warrant against Lewis for domestic ...
Sonequa Chaunté Martin-Green (/ s ə ˈ n iː k w ə /; née Martin; born March 21, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles as Michael Burnham , the main character in the streaming television series Star Trek: Discovery , and as Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead . [3]
On June 15, 2023, in Monroe Township, Ohio, Clayton, Hunter, and Chase Doerman (ages seven, four and three respectively) were shot and killed at their home. The 34-year-old wife of the suspect was injured in the attack, and her daughter (the suspect's stepdaughter) was held at gunpoint but escaped unharmed.