Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968
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Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.os005_021.011
Description
Around 200 student supporters of the striking sanitation workers gathered at City Hall, Memphis, Tennessee, to "bury justice" as symbolized by the casket in the photograph, March 6, 1968. The group had marched to City Hall from Clayborn Temple led by Rev. Harold Middlebrook of Greater Middle Baptist Church. Photographer: Jim Shearin.
Date Created
2021
Date
1968 March 6
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Recommended Citation
"Youth rally, Memphis City Hall, 1968" (2021). Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968. 227.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-swstrike/227
Keywords
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
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