
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968
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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.90012_03.033
Description
Broken shop windows, mannequin parts, and placards lie strewn along Beale Street in Memphis in March 1968 following a clash between demonstrators and police during the sanitation workers' strike.
Date Created
7-7-2021
Date
1968-03
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Recommended Citation
"Aftermath of protest on Beale Street, Memphis, 1968" (2021). Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968. 43.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-swstrike/43
Keywords
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.; Civil rights demonstrations -- Tennessee -- Memphis; Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.)