Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

Creators

Fred Payne

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Source Collection

Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0475.90012_04.032

Description

Thomas Moore, from Detroit, marches outside City Hall in the snow on March 22, 1968, with a sign saying "Do right Mr.? Mayor! R.T.D" during the Memphis sanitation workers' strike. Mayor Henry Loeb later went out to give Moore coffee.

Date Created

9-11-2021

Date

1968-03-22

Keywords

Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.; Civil rights demonstrations -- Tennessee -- Memphis

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