Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

Creators

Vernon Matthews

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Source Collection

Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0452.01.052B_002.004

Description

A group of National Guardsmen and some local children relax in a downtown park in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 31, in a moment of calm during the sanitation workers' strike in 1968.

Date Created

10-28-2021

Date

1968-03-31

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Keywords

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

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