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_01.014

Description

Sanitation workers on strike wearing signs that read "I AM A MAN" marching down Main Street, Memphis, in March 1968, while National Guardsmen in an armored personnel carrier patrol alongside.

Date Created

6-15-2021

Date

1968-03

Keywords

Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.

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