Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

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

Identifier

sc.0475.0280a_01.003

Description

Protester outside of the Shelby County Court House in Memphis in November 1968 with a picket sign that reads "Memphis Mourns Dr. King, Jesus Weeps Over Sins of Racism".

Date Created

8-17-2021

Date

1968-11

Keywords

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

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