- Collection:
- 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
- Title:
- Joseph Pasley and T.O. Jones, Memphis, 1968
- Creator:
- Memphis press scimitar
- Date of Original:
- 1968-02
- Subject:
- 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
Men, White--Tennessee--Memphis
African American men--Tennessee--Memphis
Labor unions--Organizing--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Sanitation--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Refuse collectors--Tennessee--Memphis
Labor unions--Tennessee--Memphis
AFSCME
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis
African American labor union members--Tennessee--Memphis
Labor union members--Tennessee--Memphis
Labor leaders--Tennessee--Memphis - People:
- Jones, T. O.
Paisley, Joe - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph taken in February 1968 by the Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee. In the photograph, Joseph Paisley, field representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) speaks with T. O. Jones, president of the local chapter of the union.
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. On of the strikes demands was the right to belong to the AFSCME chapter. The strike ended April 12, 1968.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-swstrike/101
- Original Collection:
- 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike, PS 90012, University of Memphis Libraries Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department
- Rights:
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