- Collection:
- I Am a Man: An Exhibit Honoring the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike
- Title:
- I Am a Man: An Exhibit Honoring the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike
- Date of Original:
- 2006
- Subject:
- Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Sanitation--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Refuse collectors--Tennessee--Memphis
Labor unions--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.)--Officials and employees
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
African American labor union members--Tennessee--Memphis - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Medium:
- online exhibitions
instructional materials - Type:
- StillImage
Text - Description:
- Web site exhibit about the 1968 Memphis, Tennessee sanitation workers strike. The site presents black-and-white photographs from the strike and demonstrations; it also contains brief essays about the history of the strike and its eventual resolution. Other resources on the site include a bibliography and a list of related links.
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://projects.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter P. Reuther Library (Wayne State University)
- Rights:
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