LeMoyne-Owen reflections on sanitation strike march
The LeMoyne-Owen Collection consists of reflections written by students enrolled in Professor Michael P. Johnson’s History 202 and 204 classes at LeMoyne-Owen College in the spring of 1968.
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Date of Original
1968-03-28
Subject
Civil rights demonstrations
LeMoyne-Owen College
Memphis (Tenn.)
Race relations
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Location
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
Medium
histories (literary works)
Type
Text
Description
The LeMoyne-Owen Collection consists of reflections written by students enrolled in Professor Michael P. Johnson’s History 202 and 204 classes at LeMoyne-Owen College in the spring of 1968. Many of the students were eye-witnesses to the events that took place in Memphis during the Sanitation Workers’ Strike. According to Professor Johnson, these reflections “represent history in its roughest form, direct and unedited statements of personal experiences.” The reflections provide unique insight into the events that took place that day, and which led to the return of Martin Luther King, Jr. before his untimely death on April 4th, 1968.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Rhodes College
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