Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968
Black-and-white photographs from the Memphis Press-Scimitar depicting the 1968 strike of the Memphis city sanitation workers.
More About This Collection
Creator
Memphis Press-Scimitar
Date of Original
1968
Subject
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Mass meetings--Tennessee--Memphis
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
African American churches--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Tennessee--Memphis
Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Location
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
Medium
black-and-white photographs
Type
StillImage
Description
Black-and-white photographs depicting the 1968 strike of the Memphis city sanitation workers.
Original Collection
1968 Sanitation Workers Strike, University of Memphis Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee
Contributing Institution
University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department
Search Results
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. arriving in Memphis, April 3, 1968
3. Memphis sanitation workers outside Clayborn Temple, 1968
4. Police on deserted Beale Street, Memphis, 1968
5. Violence breaks out, Memphis, 1968
6. Memphis police detain man, 1968
7. Solitary protester in the Memphis snow, 1968
8. T.O. Jones, Memphis, 1968
9. AFL-CIO supporters of striking Memphis sanitation workers, 1968
10. Debris-strewn Memphis street, 1968
11. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Mason Temple, Memphis, 1968
12. Police at Booker T. Washington High School, Memphis, 1968
13. Policemen marching on Beale Street, Memphis, 1968
14. Protesters pass garbage trucks, Memphis, 1968
15. Protesting against strike breakers, Memphis, 1968
16. Striking Memphis sanitation workers confront strike-breakers, 1968
17. Striking Memphis sanitation workers march by National Guardsmen, 1968
18. Union officials leave Shelby County Courthouse, Memphis, 1968
19. Protesters on Beale Street, Memphis, 1968
20. Rev. James Lawson with picket sign, Memphis, 1968
21. Memphis police detain man, 1968
22. Police and protesters on Main Street, Memphis, 1968
23. Police and protesters on Main Street, Memphis, 1968
24. Police and Strikers, Memphis, 1968
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