City Council approves changes to renaming process
The Ben F. Jones National Chapter of the Bar Association , the Memphis Bar Association and the Association for Women Attorneys held a Bar Unity march June 24, 2020, that began outside of 201 Poplar. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The approval of the ordinance Tuesday is part of the council's larger debate about the Black Lives Matter Movement. Several other resolutions from that larger discussion were also approved by the council.
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