Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

Creators

Ken Ross

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Source Collection

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

Identifier

sc.0475.90012_06.019

Description

Memphis police officers (l to r) David Gallarno, Marvin Seeger, and J.E. Simpson reported being shot at five times while at the corner of Beale and Hernando Streets during the sanitation workers' strike in 1968.

Date Created

11-5-2021

Date

1968

Keywords

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

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