Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

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

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    sc.0452.01.os005_021.009

    Description

    Led by Assistant Police Chief Henry Lux (holding radio), 117 striking sanitation workers and their supporters, arrested for refusing to leave the Council Chamber, march out of Memphis, Tennessee, City Hall to the police station, March 5, 1968. Photographer: Barney Sellers.

    Date Created

    2021

    Date

    1968 March 5

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    Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.

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