Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

Creators

James Reid

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Source Collection

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

Identifier

sc.0475.90012_01.009

Description

Striking sanitation workers wearing picket signs pass along in front of City Hall in Memphis on February 26, 1968. Some signs read "Dignity and Decency for our Sanitation Workers".

Date Created

7-17-2021

Date

1968-02-26

Keywords

Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.; Civil rights demonstrations -- Tennessee -- Memphis

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