Items and Collections

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
AFSCME
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Speeches, addresses, etc.
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
black-and-white photographs
articles
web sites

Type
MovingImage
StillImage
Text

Description
Web site with information about the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee, and the role played by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The site contains photographs, video, and articles about the strike and King's work while he was in Memphis. Materials on the site were created by or gathered by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union., 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://www.afscme.org/about/history/mlk/

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

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