Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
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Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, of which it is the county seat.
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Shelby County, Tennessee - County seat
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As of 2005, the city had a population of 671,929 within the city limits, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee, United States. The greater Memphis metropolitan area had a population of 1,195,977. This makes Memphis the second largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed only by metropolitan Nashville. Memphis is on the Lower Chickasaw Bluff above the Mississippi River, at the mouth of the Wolf River.
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Tennessee - United States - Nashville - Mississippi River - Wolf River
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The city is particularly known for being the cradle of American music. Just as Vienna was the home of great classical composers Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart, Memphis is the home of founders and establishers of various American music genres, including Blues, Gospel, Rock n' Roll, and "sharecropper" country music (in contrast to the "rhinestone" country sound of Nashville). Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and B. B. King were all getting their starts in Memphis in the 1950s. They are respectively dubbed the "King" of Country, Rock n' Roll, and Blues. Other famous musicians who either grew up or got their starts in the Memphis area include Aretha Franklin, Carl Perkins, John Lee Hooker, Justin Timberlake, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, Al Green, Muddy Waters, Tina Turner, Roy Orbison, Willie Mae Ford Smith, Sam Cooke, Booker T. and the MGs, Otis Redding, The Blackwood Brothers, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas,Three 6 Mafia, Eightball & MJG, and "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy. Memphis is also the home of famous radio stations and recording studios such as WDIA (which was the first American radio station programmed by African-Americans), Stax Records (e.g. Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the MGs, and Otis Redding), Hi Records (e.g. Al Green and Bill Black), and Sun Studios.
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Music - Vienna - Beethoven - Haydn - Mozart - Johnny Cash - Elvis Presley - B. B. King - Aretha Franklin - Carl Perkins - John Lee Hooker - Justin Timberlake - Howlin' Wolf - Jerry Lee Lewis - Al Green - Muddy Waters - Tina Turner - Roy Orbison - Willie Mae Ford Smith - Sam Cooke - Booker T. and the MGs - Otis Redding - The Blackwood Brothers - Isaac Hayes - Rufus Thomas - Three 6 Mafia - Eightball & MJG - W.C. Handy - WDIA - Stax Records - Booker T. & the MGs - Hi Records - Bill Black - Sun Studios
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Dec. 11, 1964: Dr. King Warns About Science Without Morality
1964: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a lecture at the University of Oslo the day after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He argues that progress in science and technology has not been equaled by "moral progress" — instead, mankind suffers from a "moral and spiritual lag." At 35, King was then the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.1 He was recognized for using nonviolent methods, including civil disobedience and the boycott (as well as the power of his oratory), to fight racial segregation and advance the civil rights movement in the United States. King, a Baptist minister who was the son of a Baptist minister, preached that material advancement was meaningless without an accompanying moral structure. A visit with Mahatma Gandhi's family on a trip to India only reinforced this conviction, while at the same time strengthening King's commitment to nonviolence as an instrument of change. In his Oslo lecture, King acknowledged the advances made by science and technology, but said that growing abundance was undermining the human spirit. "The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually," he said. "We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers." Placing too much value on material advantage while ignoring what he called the "spiritual lag" was a path fraught with peril, King said. "Enlarged material powers spell enlarged peril if there is not proportionate growth of the soul. When the 'without' of man's nature subjugates the 'within,' dark storm clouds begin to form in the world." King was killed by a sniper's bullet on April 4, 1968, as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. He had gone there to lend support to striking city garbage workers. Source: Various
Fed officials see recession risk but no rate cut need
PALO ALTO, California/MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters) - A pair of top Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday highlighted risks to the U.S. economy from the global credit crisis and liquidity squeeze, but did not hint at more interest rate cuts as a solution.
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