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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.60513_001.001
Description
A lifelong Memphian, W.J. Michael "Mike" Cody represented Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when the civil rights leader was in Memphis, in support of the city’s striking sanitation workers. He collaborated with the Rev. James Lawson in forming the organization that became Memphis Legal Services. Cody was also a U.S. Attorney for Memphis, Tennessee Attorney General, and co-chair of the Tennessee Commission on Ethics.
Date Created
2024
Date
6/24/1977
Recommended Citation
"W.J. Michael Cody, Memphis, Tennessee, 1977" (2024). Memphis. 121.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar5/121
Keywords
Cody, W.J. Michael; Lawyer--Tennessee--Memphis
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