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
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
instructional materials
black-and-white photographs
articles
timelines (chronologies)
online exhibitions

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

Original Collection
From the Jerry & Mildred Keifer Wurf collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

Contributing Institution
Walter P. Reuther Library (Wayne State University)

Rights