- Collection:
- 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
- Title:
- Protesters on Beale Street, Memphis, 1968
- Creator:
- Memphis press scimitar
Barber, Tom - Date of Original:
- 1968-02-26
- 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
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Sanitation--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Refuse collectors--Tennessee--Memphis
Protest marches--Tennessee--Memphis
Central business districts--Tennessee--Memphis
Boycotts--Tennessee--Memphis
Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis
Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) - 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 from February 26, 1968 taken by the Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee. The photograph shows African American men picketing on Beale Street in downtown Memphis to encourage a boycott in support of striking sanitation workers. The men carry signs with the slogans, "Stay away no shopping today" and "Keep your money in your pocket."
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_06.014
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-swstrike/107/
- 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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