Memphis most populated City of Blacks in America has a Cotton Museum, No Black Memphis History Museum, Once named by Wall Street Journal "A Backwards City with a Plantation Mentality" Pimps Dr. Kings Legacy is the epic center of Black on Black Racism
MEMPHIS, TN, May 27, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Black on Black Racism is the "Hallmark" of Memphis, Tennessee. White Supremacy, Racism and inequality and racial discrimination can no longer be directly blamed on White Memphis leaders, whereas there exist a practice and culture in Memphis, Tennessee whereas systemic racism has created a system in Memphis of "Black on Black racism." Black leaders silence are the oppressors in Memphis today.
In February of 2023 Former Vice President Kamala Harris came to the funeral of 29 year old Black Man Tyree Nichols who was beaten to death by 5 Black Memphis police officers is an example of Memphis "Black on Black Racism."
Memphis is the most populated City of Blacks in America, whereas Memphis has a Cotton Museum, No Black Memphis History Museum. Memphis was once named by the Wall Street Journal "A Backwards City with a Plantation Mentality" whereas Memphis "Pimps Dr. Legacy of Dr. Martin King Jr." wherein Memphis promotes how Dr. King died instead of being a model of how Dr. King lived. Memphis has a culture and practice of "aversion to Black Memphis history." Today in 2025 there does not exist a "Written Chronology of Black Memphis History."
At the time of this writing, the Bluff City Fair is taking place in "Liberty Pocket Park" (former fairgrounds) in Memphis (May 23-to-June 1, 2025.) What the unknown and untold in Memphis is Liberty Pocket Park is the essence of Memphis White Supremacy and Racism. Memphis is the epic center of "Black on Black Racism."
Please click here to see video titled: Black Memphis History We share an Afro Indigenous Legacy.
The name Orange Mound comes from our "Afro Indigenous Legacy." Unknown and untold many Blacks were already in America before Whites came to America. They are also called Black Native Americans. Please check out the book "We are not Just African by" Dr. Clyde Winters.
On May 19, 2025 Memphis born 5-time World Kickboxing champion, Memphis 1st Independent 35mm Theatrical Filmmaker, Black Memphis Historian and community activist Anthony "Amp" Elmore filed a lawsuit challenging Memphis White Supremacy, Racism and Memphis "Black on Black Racism." Click here to read the law suit.
The sprawling development of Liberty Park in Memphis, with its groundbreaking over $200 million dollar investment on June 14, 2021, stands as a stark example of the city and county's most significant and inequitable investments, revealing deep-seated racial biases in public spending. While presented as a civic improvement, Liberty Park's centerpiece indoor facilities, such as the new arena and sports complex, are culturally designed to primarily accommodate white sports and cultural preferences, effectively catering to athletes from predominantly white surrounding communities like Southaven, Bartlett, and Germantown.
This massive public investment, built on land with a history stretching back to the Deaderick Plantation, starkly contrasts with the chronic underinvestment in nearby Black communities like Orange Mound, which has historically been denied equitable benefits from this very area. We Blacks could only go to the fair one day a week.
The irony is particularly sharp given the Fairgrounds' own past, where for decades, Black residents were explicitly excluded from attending or fully participating in events. Thus, Liberty Pocket Park, rather than rectifying historical wrongs, appears to entrench them, serving as a modern manifestation of Memphis's enduring racial disparities and its selective approach to urban development.
George Michael Deaderick, was a banker, wholesale merchant, and real estate developer, and considered to be one of Nashville's wealthiest men. He was also friend and business partner to future U.S. President Andrew Jackson. The family later donated the land on which the state capitol now stands.
John Deaderick the son of George Michael Deaderick purchased 5000 acres called the "John Deaderick Plantation" of land part of which is now "Liberty Pocket Park," wealthy Chickasaw Gardens and Memphis Country Club and Memphis Charleston Railroad.
While Memphians enjoy the Bluff City Fair few know they are on the grounds of the nucleus of Memphis history of "White Supremacy and Inequality." Liberty pocket park history goes back to "Indian Killer" and one of the founders of Memphis America's 7th President Andrew Jackson. One of Andrew Jackson's partners was George Michael Deaderick.
Click here to see a May 5, 2025 video titled: Black on Black Racism Reason for No Black Equality or A Black Memphis History Museum in Memphis.
Anthony "Amp" Elmore a Black Memphis Filmmaker & Historian & Five Time World Kickboxing Champion ask his Friend Democratic White Jewish Congressman Steve Cohen to speak out regarding Memphis inequality White Supremacy Racism & Black on Black Racism. There is not a Black elected Memphis official who has the courage to advocate for "Black Memphis History" and a "Black Memphis History Museum" and call for equality and Black empowerment. On the 2nd day of Kwanzaa there is a celebration called "Kujichagulia." Drawing directly from the Kwanzaa principle of Kujichagulia, or Self-Determination, a powerful and necessary step for the Orange Mound community would be to thoughtfully shed the lingering associations with the slave master Deaderick family.
Anthony "Amp" Elmore call for "Black Memphis Leaders" to rid its association to Memphis White Supremacy via having the courage to change streets names in Orange Mound associated with the Deaderick Plantation. One example the Historic Melrose High School in Memphis is on 2870 Deaderick Avenue in Memphis. Elmore advocate for Black Memphis leaders to rid Black Orange Mound of the name the "Slave Master Name Deaderick." There is no way an Jewish people would have a Hitler or any offensive name in their community.
Anthony "Amp" Elmore's lawsuit challenges the most cretinously and unsubstantiated claims in Memphis. It is written that the John Deaderick plantation aligned their plantation with Osage Orange Trees. Osage orange trees thorny, medusa like trees were used as fencing and not to decorate a 5000 acre plantation.
In Memphis, the persistent narrative linking the historic Orange Mound community almost exclusively to the John Deaderick Plantation is not merely a historical oversight; it's a profound example of how systemic racism, including its insidious "Black on Black Racism" manifestations through internalized narratives, actively perpetuates white supremacist frameworks. Despite the fact that the John Deaderick Plantation, as a functioning slave economy, ceased to exist after the Civil War, its name is a disproportionately White Supremacists' association attached to Orange Mound, a community founded by and for African Americans seeking land and self-determination decades later long after the Civil war and fall of the Deaderick Plantation.
This deliberate association of Orange Mound to the Deaderick plantation serves to demoralize and unjustly tie the community to a painful past, undermining the immense agency and resilience of its Black founders. Meanwhile, vast tracts of the same original Deaderick land, now occupied by prominent white institutions like Liberty Park (formerly the Fairgrounds, directly acquired from the plantation in 1851) and the Memphis Country Club, Chickasaw Gardens and Memphis Charleston Railroad escape this persistent "plantation White Supremacist" designation in public discourse.
Anthony "Amp" Elmore asks his friend White Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen to speak out about the racist "White Supremacist Osage Orange Tree narrative." This selective historical framing, where white-dominated narratives of the Osage Orange trees control the story knowingly perpetuating within the Black community a calculated strategy of white supremacy, designed to deny Black communities their full and accurate historical agency and to obscure the truth about how land, power, and identity were shaped in post-Civil War Memphis.
There was no more Deaderick Plantation after the Civil war. In 1878 25,000 Whites left Memphis due to the yellow fever. Blacks ran both Memphis and Shelby County after Whites left whereas Blacks made historical gains. There is no reason for Blacks to associated with the Deaderick Plantation and connect Orange Mound to the plantation.
Two Churches that exist in Orange Mound today MT Moriah and MT Pisgah history goes back to 1879. The land where MT Moriah Church sets today in Orange Mound was purchased in 1873 seven years before E.E. Meacham started selling lots in Orange Mound. Other people sold lots in Orange Mound as noted in the 1911 "Montgomery Park Place Add."
Anthony "Amp" Elmore makes clear; Memphis Country Club, Liberty Pocket Park and wealthy White Chickasaw Gardens and Memphis Charleston Railroad were all a part of the John Deaderick Plantation, however it is only "Black Orange Mound" that is purposefully attached to White Supremacy via the Deaderick Plantation slave Heritage.
On June 16, 1949 White Confederate Historian for the "Sons of Confederate Soldiers"; Barron Deaderick connected the name "Orange Mound" to the Deaderick Plantation. The association of Orange Mound with the Osage Orange Tree by Klan Leader Barron Deaderick is a deliberate historical distortion, crafted by Barron Deaderick to obscure the true origins of the community.
The Osage Orange Tree (Maclura pomifera) was originally named after the Osage Nation, an Indigenous people who lived in the Mississippi River region. The tree was widely used by Native Americans for its strong wood, particularly in bow-making, and later became popular among settlers as a natural fencing materia. However, its connection to Orange Mound was not organic—it was a revisionist narrative pushed by figures like Barron Deaderick, a Confederate historian and leader within the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Black Memphis leaders follow the narrative of the "Sons or Confederate Leader" Barron Deaderick.
Deaderick, who authored a book on racist Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest, the infamous Ku Klux Klan leader, played a significant role in shaping Confederate memory. Barron Deaderick's work within the Sons of Confederate Veterans was not just about preserving history—it was about rewriting it to maintain white supremacist ideology. By linking Orange Mound to the Deaderick Plantation through the Osage Orange Tree myth, he and other Whites sought to erase Black agency and reframe the community's origins as dependent on white ownership.
This strategy of historical manipulation is evident in how other sites—such as the Memphis Country Club, Chickasaw Gardens, Liberty Pocket Park, Memphis Charleston railroad—are not publicly associated with the Deaderick Plantation, despite their proximity. Yet Orange Mound, a historically Black neighborhood, is explicitly tied to the plantation in official records, reinforcing the false notion that Black communities exist only in relation to the white slave landowners.
Elmore asked his friend White Jewish 9th District Memphis Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen for help. Elmore asked his friend Memphis Congressman Cohen to be like a Kennedy. In June 1966, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy made a historic visit to apartheid South Africa, where he delivered powerful speeches advocating for equality and justice. His most famous speech, the "Day of Affirmation" address at the University of Cape Town, included the iconic phrase about a "ripple of hope," which remains one of the most quoted lines in American politics.
Via this news story Anthony "Amp" Elmore ask his friend White Jewish Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen to come to the Historic African/American Community of "Orange Mound in Memphis" and deliver a speech against Memphis White Supremacy, Racism and Black on Black Racism. As in the case of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Black on Black Racism is worst than White on Black Racism. We ask for justice in Memphis whereas Black and White leaders erased Anthony "Amp" Elmore's history.
Anthony "Amp" Elmore a Black man is the father of Kickboxing in Memphis was the 1st person to bring E.S.P.N. to Memphis in 1981. In 1982 Elmore won the World Heavyweight Kickboxing Title. In 1983 Elmore worked out an arrangement with then newly elected Memphis Mayor Richard Hackett whereas Elmore allowed the City of Memphis to paint on the canvass "Memphis America's Distribution Center." Such was the ultimate in Civic pride.
Click here to see the 1983 video of Anthony "Amp" Elmore promoting Memphis via his world Championship E.S.P.N. titled Defense against Tracy Thomas. In Memphis strong Black men who promote "Black Empowerment are marginalized."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. explained "Black on Black Racism" this way when he said; "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Dr. King also said; "Silence is Betrayal" whereas Black Memphis leader betraying "World Black History." The Anthony "Amp" Elmore 1988 Orange Mound produced Black Film is not only Memphis 1st Independent 35mm Theatrical Film, the movie is the "1st Kickboxing Film in World Film History" is (World Black History) erased by Memphis Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler and the Shelby County Historical Commission is White Supremacist Action.
The father of African/American History Dr. Carter G. Woodson's 1933 book; "The Mis-Education of the Negro" is a powerful critique that explains the culture and practice of most Black Memphis African/American elected officials. The systemic barriers that have historically shaped African American education and societal roles. Published in 1933, Woodson argues that Black Americans were being conditioned to accept inferior positions in society through an educational system that failed to teach their true history and contributions.
Memphis, Tennessee does not have specifically "A Black Memphis History Museum" whereas there exist a practice and culture in Memphis that marginalize "Black Memphis History and culture." There exists a culture and practice in Memphis that challenges self-education and reject narratives that calls for Black self-identity empowerment and self-reliance. In Memphis there are current historical and systemic inequalities continue to negatively shape the lives of African Americans in Memphis.
In 2010 White Jewish Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen joined his friend the late John Lewis for the 45th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one of the most pivotal events in American history. John Lewis led the first march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in 1965, and was beaten bloody by state troopers. The late Congressman John Lewis is noted for saying: "When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something."
For decades Memphis White Jewish Congressman Steve Cohen has been the only White person in America selected to Congress to represent a majority Black District. Anthony "Amp" Elmore has written countless letters and not one single African/American elected official will reply to Elmore or address the erasure of his "Black World History." A Black World champion historian and Black Cultural pride is not respected in Memphis.
Click here to see a May 17, 2024 titled: Black Memphis History Filmmaker Elmore request Memphis Mayor Young to Stop Film Commission's Racism.
In this video Anthony "Amp" Elmore ask Black Memphis Mayor Paul Young to support the teaching of Black Memphis History in the Black Community of Orange Mound. Also Elmore ask Black Mayor Paul Young to support creating jobs via creating films and Filmmaking in Orange Mound. Elmore ask Mayor Paul Young to stop the Memphis Shelby County Film Commission's White Supremacy and Racism whereas the film commission only supports White films and White Filmmakers.
The City of Atlanta has a vibrant multi-billion dollar Black Film industry. In contrast Memphis has a film culture that supports only White Films and White Filmmakers. Elmore ask Memphis Mayor Paul Young just to allow a break to film his movie "Rock and Roll A Black Legacy whereas the Film Commission discriminated and not allow Elmore to film at Government Locations in Memphis.
Click here to see video titled: Amp Elmore names Toni Holmon Turner Public Affairs Manager, of Parks in Federal Discrimination Suit. This story tells how Anthony "Amp" Elmore was discriminated in Memphis and was not allow to shoot his film in Memphis.
Click here to see the May 29, 2024 video titled: Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris "Dis" African Leader.
In 2019 Black Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was outright racist toward African leaders. This Black Mayor did not want Whites to know that he associated with Africa or African leaders. This is a case of "Memphis Black on Black Racism." Elmore is trying to bring trade culture family, and education between Memphis and Africa whereas many Black leaders hate or do not want any association with Africa or Africans.
Memphis' historical racism is so pervasive that few Black educators or government officials dare to publicly discuss it, fearing backlash. The quiet removal of Nathan Bedford Forrest's statue in December 2017 and the delayed renaming of the Clifford Davis Federal Building in 2022 illustrate the city's reluctance to confront its legacy of white supremacy and Racism.
The historic biased Memphis Tourism, under Kevin Kane is an absolute model of Memphis White Supremacy. Memphis Tourism director Kevin Kane has ensured that Black Memphis has no Black economic tourist sites. Memphis tourism policies make sure there are no economic Black tourist sites in Memphis and no Blacks are associated with Black empowerment. Rather than showcasing a comprehensive and equal representation of Black history, Memphis Tourism perpetuates a narrative that focuses solely on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, while failing to highlight how King lived and fought for justice.
One of the most egregious examples of erasure in Memphis' cultural history is the neglect of the Black-produced film The Contemporary Gladiator, which stands as the first kickboxing film in world film history. Despite its groundbreaking status, Memphis organizations have actively worked to keep the film unknown, denying its rightful recognition.
In response, Anthony "Amp" Elmore has called upon his friend Congressman Steve Cohen to challenge Kevin Kane and advocate for a "Black Memphis History Museum" and a "Black Memphis Cultural Center" in Orange Mound ensuring that Memphis' rich yet neglected Black history is finally given the space and respect it deserves. Black youth need opportunity for Black Cultural expression in Memphis.
Congressman Cohen's leadership has been instrumental in advancing civil rights and justice in Memphis. As the senior Democratic representative from Memphis he has the power to correct historical injustices and ensure Black contributions to Memphis culture are properly acknowledged and preserved. We urge Congressman Cohen to take action to support "The Contemporary Gladiator and the Orange Mound News Network", both of which stand as critical pillars of Black innovation and storytelling.
First, we ask Congressman Cohen to champion the recognition of "The Contemporary Gladiator" in the U.S. Congress National Film Registry. Unlike the Oscars, which celebrate cinematic artistry, the National Film Registry preserves films based on their historical and cultural impact. "The Contemporary Gladiator" is not merely Memphis's first independent 35mm theatrical film; it is also the First kickboxing film in world Film history, making it a landmark achievement in global cinema. The Congressman's endorsement could secure this recognition, ensuring that future generations understand its significance.
Additionally, Elmore urge the Congressman to use your influence to ensure Memphis history accurately reflects its Black cultural contributions. The systemic erasure of The Contemporary Gladiator by local institutions—including Memphis film commission, Memphis arts Council, Orange Mound Arts Council, Indie Memphis, Memphis in May and other named in the lawsuit as the Commercial Appeal Newspaper, Shelby County Historical Commission and other have actively suppressed its rightful place in Memphis's historical narrative. Congressman Cohen's voice can push local leaders to acknowledge "The Contemporary Gladiator" Memphis's first independent 35mm Theatrical film, ensuring historical commissions, tourism boards, and media outlets correct their records and publicly recognize this Black Memphis World achievement.
Beyond recognition, Elmore ask Congressman Cohen support in establishing The Contemporary Gladiator as an educational resource. The film's German-dubbed version, for example, has already proven useful in language education, making it ideal for integration into multicultural learning programs. We have a Black movie in German that can not only assist in helping others to learn German our film retitled in German "Kickbox Gladiator" can help other to learn German.
Click here to see the entire movie "Kickbox Gladiator in German." The IMDB or Internet Movie Database, Turner Classic Movies, T.V. Guide all recognize The Contemporary Gladiator whereas Linn Sitler the Memphis White Film Commissioner used her function and authority to erase the film out of Memphis media and history.
The Congressman's leadership could facilitate partnerships with Memphis schools, universities, and libraries and the teaching of German use the film as an instrument for cultural diplomacy ensuring Black cinematic history is properly archived, studied, and utilized for educational purposes.
Moreover, Elmore ask for Congressman Cohen's backing in supporting the Orange Mound News Network (OMNN) as a digital platform for Black storytelling and empowerment. OMNN is more than just a news network; it is a community-driven solution to systemic erasure, providing a space for advocacy, journalism, and education. Elmore wants want to teach youth "Their Black History" and provide a space for "Black Cultural Empowerment." One case in point is the movie "Sinners." Film director Ryan Coolger learned about "Black Music from his Uncle" whereas he was able to translate Blue in his movie.
There exists the possibility of later support to secure federal funding for infrastructure, journalism training programs, and civic engagement initiatives, ensuring that Black voices control their own narratives rather than relying on mainstream media that has historically ignored or misrepresented their achievements.
In Orange Mound there is no more Boxing Gym, Martial Arts and programs to train youth. Elmore ask the Congress office to get support whereas Black Memphis leaders do not communicate or answer concerns.
One case and point is Tennessee State Representative G.A. Hardaway who represents "Orange Mound" advocated for the Memphis Shelby County Film Commission to get 18 million dollars for the failed NBC Bluff City Law support the Film Commission and Memphis Tourism who gave $360,00 for the failed t.V. show. Black Tennessee State Representative G. A. Hardaway refuse to simple get the State of Tennessee to acknowledge the Black 1988 Orange Mound Film. Representative Hardaway Represent Memphis Black on Black Racism.
Click here to see video titled: Tennessee Black Caucus Representative Hardaway Black on Black Racism'
Finally, we ask Congressman Cohen to use his political influence to deliver justice without judicial intervention. Congressman Cohen's endorsement could bypass bureaucratic resistance, ensuring Memphis institutions correct their exclusionary practices without requiring court action. By publicly standing with Anthony "Amp" Elmore, The Congressman can send a powerful message that "Black Memphis history" matters. The Congressman's leadership could force Memphis leadership, tourism boards, and arts organizations to acknowledge and correct their past omissions, creating equitable representation in history, education, and media.
We ask Memphis Congressman Cohen, to stand on the right side of history. His leadership in championing "The Contemporary Gladiator and the Orange Mound News Network" could transform Black storytelling, civic engagement, and cultural preservation in Memphis. Via Congressman Cohen's influence, we can correct historical injustice and establish lasting institutional support for Black innovation. We urge you to take action today.
Orange Mound News Network (OMNN). Founded by Anthony Amp Elmore, OMNN aims to reclaim and reshape the narrative of Orange Mound through the power of filmmaking, education, and content creation. Our goal is to challenge the negative stereotypes and biased portrayals that have long plagued our community, creating a positive space for family, Black culture, history, and education.
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