Officials with The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) announced Friday the cancellation of this year’s planned version of the museum’s flagship fundraising event, with a focus forward now on next year’s 30th anniversary of the Freedom Award.

Here are the spotlighted Freedom Keepers: African Pride, AMPRO Industries Incorporated, Dr. Esmond & Pamela Arrindell, AutoZone, Bank of America, Baptist Memorial Health Care, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC, The Carter Malone Group, Commercial Bank and Trust Company, Cummins, Dixon Hughes Goodman, Duncan Williams Asset Management, Ernst & Young, FedEx Corporation, First Horizon Foundation, Georgia-Pacific Memphis Cellulose, Kathy & J.W. Gibson, Ann & Mason Hawkins, Highland Capital Management, LLC, Hyde Family Foundation, Independent Bank, International Paper, Kroger Delta Division Marketing, R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home, Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Nike, ProTech Services Group, Inc., Cathy Ross, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Smith and Nephew, Inc., Southeastern Asset Management Inc., Steelecase, J. Strickland & Co., Tower Ventures Management LLC, Valero Energy Foundation, and U.S. Chamber – Institute for Legal Reform.

The museum will operate on its regular summer hours Monday-

S.A.V.E. plaintiffs ask U.S. Supreme Court for voting help in Shelby County

The S.A.V.E. (Shelby Advocates for Valid Elections) nonprofit and a consortium of plaintiffs is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their federal lawsuit seeking election security reforms in Shelby County.

The plaintiffs are asking the Supreme Court’s justices to hear the case, decide if they have legal standing to sue and send the matter back to the federal district court for a preliminary injunction hearing to “protect the voters in the fall elections.

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Along with S.A.V.E., other plaintiffs are State Rep. Joe Towns Jr.; Mike Kernell, former state representative and Shelby County Schools board member; Britney Thornton, a recent city council candidate and voter Ann Scott.

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