One More River to Cross: Locating the Voices of the Memphis Sanitation Workers During the 1968 Strike

Identifier

143

Author

Reid Matthew Russom

Date

2019

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

English

Concentration

Literature

Committee Chair

Donal Harris

Committee Member

Terrence Tucker

Abstract

This thesis project examines three representations of the Memphis Sanitation Strike that stemmed from the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee's oral history work: At the River I Stand (1985), by Joan Beifuss; At the River I Stand (1993), produced by California Newsreel and directed by David Appleby, Allison Graham, and Steven Ross; and 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike '68, produced by The Root and Striking Voices. It analyzes these texts and argues for a more complete historical narrative of the strike, specifically one that places emphasis on the role of the sanitation workers in the strike.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

Recommended Citation

Russom, Reid Matthew, "One More River to Cross: Locating the Voices of the Memphis Sanitation Workers During the 1968 Strike" (2019). Honors Theses. 89.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/honors_theses/89