- Collection:
- 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
- Title:
- Aftermath of protest on Beale Street, Memphis, 1968
- Creator:
- Memphis press scimitar
- Date of Original:
- 1968
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Strikes and lockouts--Tennessee--Memphis
Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Violence--Tennessee--Memphis
Central business districts--Tennessee--Memphis
Department stores--Tennessee--Memphis
Men, White--Tennessee--Memphis
African American boys--Tennessee--Memphis
Mannequins (Figures) - 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 1968 by the Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee. The photograph shows the effects of a riot in front of Schwab's store. Two white men and an African American boy look at the broken glass, papers, debris along the sidewalk and in the street. There are several pieces of store mannequins among the debris. Signs in the broken store windows encourage patrons to "Look your very best this Easter." 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 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. - Local Identifier:
- sc.0475.90012_03.033
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-swstrike/43/
- 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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