Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

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

Identifier

sc.0475.0279a_03.001

Description

The casket of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is loaded onto an American Airlines plane at Memphis Airport for a flight to Atlanta on April 5, 1968.

Date Created

7-11-2021

Date

1968-04-05

Keywords

Sanitation Workers Strike, 1968; Civil rights demonstrations -- Tennessee -- Memphis; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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