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Rev. Dwight Montgomery through the years

Feb 9, 2012 - Rev. Dwight Montgomery is celebrating his 27th year as a pastor from the pulpit of Annesdale Cherokee Missionary Baptist Church.
Feb 9, 2012 - Rev. Dwight Montgomery is celebrating his 27th year as a pastor from the pulpit of Annesdale Cherokee Missionary Baptist Church.
Brandon Dill
29 April 2008 --Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Rev. Ralph White, left, Dr. Dwight Montgomery, Rev. Joe Wiley, and Rev. Leonard Dawson lead a prayer with Memphis sanitation workers from AFSCME outside City Hall Tuesday afternoon in an ongoing effort to resolve labor issues with the city.
29 April 2008 --Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Rev. Ralph White, left, Dr. Dwight Montgomery, Rev. Joe Wiley, and Rev. Leonard Dawson lead a prayer with Memphis sanitation workers from AFSCME outside City Hall Tuesday afternoon in an ongoing effort to resolve labor issues with the city.
Jim Weber, The Commercial Appeal
May 1, 2012 Dwight Montgomery, President of the Memphis SCLC branch, calls for greater govermental responsibility in addressing the youth incarceration issue during a class on disproportionate minority contact held by the Tennesse Commission on Children and Youth Tuesday afternoon at the Hooks Library.
May 1, 2012 Dwight Montgomery, President of the Memphis SCLC branch, calls for greater govermental responsibility in addressing the youth incarceration issue during a class on disproportionate minority contact held by the Tennesse Commission on Children and Youth Tuesday afternoon at the Hooks Library.
Jim Weber
Dr. Byron Clay (Left) of New Orleans, LA and Rev. Dwight Montgomery.
Dr. Byron Clay (Left) of New Orleans, LA and Rev. Dwight Montgomery.
Dave Darnell, The Commercial Appeal
June 2 10 --Pastor Dwight Montgomery (center front) lead a group of ministers Wednesday, who want to bring "pressure to bear" on elected officials. The ministers feel issues of layoffs, education and infant mortality in the black community are not being funded properly. They are holding a meeting Monday at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church where they also held a press conference Wed.
June 2 10 --Pastor Dwight Montgomery (center front) lead a group of ministers Wednesday, who want to bring "pressure to bear" on elected officials. The ministers feel issues of layoffs, education and infant mortality in the black community are not being funded properly. They are holding a meeting Monday at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church where they also held a press conference Wed.
Karen Pulfer Focht, The Commercial Appeal
30 Jan. 06 --Dwight Montgomery, president of the Memphis chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, visits Hattie Woodard, 61, while a crew from Womack Painting and Tile donates their time to renovate the exterior of her South Memphis home on Monday. Woodard, who is blind and a diabetic, said her TennCare benefits have been reduced, forcing her to make choices over which medications she can take. "This is proof we're not just talking about it, we're doing it," said Montgomery, who said the SCLC got involved when they heard about Woodard's plight.
30 Jan. 06 --Dwight Montgomery, president of the Memphis chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, visits Hattie Woodard, 61, while a crew from Womack Painting and Tile donates their time to renovate the exterior of her South Memphis home on Monday. Woodard, who is blind and a diabetic, said her TennCare benefits have been reduced, forcing her to make choices over which medications she can take. "This is proof we're not just talking about it, we're doing it," said Montgomery, who said the SCLC got involved when they heard about Woodard's plight.
Lance Murphey
01 Aug 06 -- Candidate for Governor Jim Bryson (left) is introduced by Rev. Dwight Montgomery (right), president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Memphis chapter, Friday morning in the parking lot of the Piggly Wiggly on Madison. Bryson is on a bus tour of all Tennessee counties.
01 Aug 06 -- Candidate for Governor Jim Bryson (left) is introduced by Rev. Dwight Montgomery (right), president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Memphis chapter, Friday morning in the parking lot of the Piggly Wiggly on Madison. Bryson is on a bus tour of all Tennessee counties.
Justin Shaw, Matthew Craig
Sat. 18 June 05 -- Rev. Dwight Montgomery, president of the Memphis chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference .
Sat. 18 June 05 -- Rev. Dwight Montgomery, president of the Memphis chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference .
Matthew Craig, Matthew Craig
High-profile Memphians Cato Johnson (left), Rev. Dwight Montgomery, Supt. Kriner Cash and Mayor A C Wharton tried their hand at rap, performing You Got to Dress for Success for student assembly at Hamilton High School.
High-profile Memphians Cato Johnson (left), Rev. Dwight Montgomery, Supt. Kriner Cash and Mayor A C Wharton tried their hand at rap, performing You Got to Dress for Success for student assembly at Hamilton High School.
DeSondra Coleman / Special To The Commercial Appeal
July 31, 2014 - Pastor Dwight Montgomery, president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Memphis Chapter, prays with Kellogg workers before a press conference at 1407 Union Ave. Thursday morning. Workers filed EEOC claims Thursday morning against Kellogg for race-based discrimination in connection to the lockout that began last October.
July 31, 2014 - Pastor Dwight Montgomery, president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Memphis Chapter, prays with Kellogg workers before a press conference at 1407 Union Ave. Thursday morning. Workers filed EEOC claims Thursday morning against Kellogg for race-based discrimination in connection to the lockout that began last October.
Yalonda M. James, The Commercial Appeal
Jan. 12: Flanked by religious leaders and school officials at MCS offices, Rev. Dwight Montgomery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Memphis, urges all sides of the charter debate to keep in mind the children who will be affected.
Jan. 12: Flanked by religious leaders and school officials at MCS offices, Rev. Dwight Montgomery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Memphis, urges all sides of the charter debate to keep in mind the children who will be affected.
Brandon Dill
December 16, 2010 - Memphis Baptist Ministers Association President Rev. Dr. Carl S. Greer (left) leads a prayer hand-in-hand with (from left) Rev. Maurice Dickerson, Shelby County Schools Superintendent John Aitken, Rev. Dwight Montgomery and other religious leaders and public officials during a vigil outside of the Memphis City Schools building on Avery before a Shelby County School board meeting to further discussions related to SCS seeking special district status and the possibility of MCS surrendering it's charter.
December 16, 2010 - Memphis Baptist Ministers Association President Rev. Dr. Carl S. Greer (left) leads a prayer hand-in-hand with (from left) Rev. Maurice Dickerson, Shelby County Schools Superintendent John Aitken, Rev. Dwight Montgomery and other religious leaders and public officials during a vigil outside of the Memphis City Schools building on Avery before a Shelby County School board meeting to further discussions related to SCS seeking special district status and the possibility of MCS surrendering it's charter.
Brandon Dill