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Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

 

The images in this collection are drawn from three manuscript collections: Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, and the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee records. The University of Memphis Libraries holds the copyright of images from the Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue but not from the Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue and the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee records. Researchers must seek the permission of the Commercial Appeal to use their images. The copyright holders for the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee records images are unknown.

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  • Solitary protester in the Memphis snow, 1968 by Fred Payne

    Solitary protester in the Memphis snow, 1968

  • Debris-strewn Memphis street following riots, 1968 by James Reid

    Debris-strewn Memphis street following riots, 1968

  • Distributing sandwiches to striking Memphis sanitation workers, 1968 by James Reid

    Distributing sandwiches to striking Memphis sanitation workers, 1968

  • Fighting fires in Memphis during the strike, March 1968 by James Reid

    Fighting fires in Memphis during the strike, March 1968

  • Idle Memphis sanitation workers' equipment, 1968 by James Reid

    Idle Memphis sanitation workers' equipment, 1968

  • Jesse Turner Speaks to Memphis Sanitation Workers, 1968 by James Reid

    Jesse Turner Speaks to Memphis Sanitation Workers, 1968

  • Memphis police with arrested demonstrators, March 1968 by James Reid

    Memphis police with arrested demonstrators, March 1968

  • Memphis Sanitation Worker, 1968 by James Reid

    Memphis Sanitation Worker, 1968

  • Memphis Sanitation Workers, 1968 by James Reid

    Memphis Sanitation Workers, 1968

  • Memphis sanitation workers enter Memphis City Hall, 1968 by James Reid

    Memphis sanitation workers enter Memphis City Hall, 1968

  • Memphis sanitation workers outside Clayborn Temple, 1968 by James Reid

    Memphis sanitation workers outside Clayborn Temple, 1968

  • Protesters at Memphis City Hall, 1968 by James Reid

    Protesters at Memphis City Hall, 1968

  • Protesters, Memphis, 1968 by James Reid

    Protesters, Memphis, 1968

  • Sanitation workers and Memphis Mayor Loeb walk to the Auditorium, 1968 by James Reid

    Sanitation workers and Memphis Mayor Loeb walk to the Auditorium, 1968

  • Sanitation Workers at Memphis City Hall, 1968 by James Reid

    Sanitation Workers at Memphis City Hall, 1968

  • Jerry Wurf observing demonstrators, Memphis, 1968 by Ken Ross

    Jerry Wurf observing demonstrators, Memphis, 1968

  • Marchers with "I AM A MAN" sign, Memphis, 1968 by Ken Ross

    Marchers with "I AM A MAN" sign, Memphis, 1968

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. at Mason Temple, Memphis, 1968 by Ken Ross

    Martin Luther King, Jr. at Mason Temple, Memphis, 1968

  • Memphis police discuss sniper fire, 1968 by Ken Ross

    Memphis police discuss sniper fire, 1968

  • Rev. James Lawson speaking at Crump Stadium, Memphis, 1968 by Ken Ross

    Rev. James Lawson speaking at Crump Stadium, Memphis, 1968

 

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