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| Creator: | Memphis press scimitar |
| Title: | Police |
| Date: | 1968 Feb. |
| Description: | Black-and-white photograph from February 1968 taken by the Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee. The photograph shows several white Memphis police officers standing in a line; some of the officers wear riot gear and gas masks. Other officers hold batons in their hands. The Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike began on February 11, 1968, following years of dangerous working conditions, discrimination, and the work-related deaths of two African American sanitation workers. Led by local clergy, community members engaged in boycotts, mass meetings, marches, and other civil disobedience in support of the strike. The strike ended April 12, 1968. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 | Strikes and lockouts--Tennessee--Memphis | Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights--African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations | Race relations | Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis | Strikes and lockouts--Sanitation--Tennessee--Memphis | Strikes and lockouts--Refuse collectors--Tennessee--Memphis | Police--Tennessee--Memphis | Men, White--Tennessee--Memphis | Shelby County (Tenn.) | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike |
| Institution: | University of Memphis. Special Collections Dept. |
| Contributors: | University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. | Volunteer Voices (Project) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices | 2007-04-03 |
| Original Material: | 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike, PS 90012, University of Memphis Libraries Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001996 |
