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Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

Black-and-white photographs from the Memphis Press-Scimitar depicting the 1968 strike of the Memphis city sanitation workers.

More About This Collection

Creator
Memphis Press-Scimitar

Date of Original
1968

Subject
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Mass meetings--Tennessee--Memphis
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
African American churches--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Tennessee--Memphis
Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis

Location
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898

Medium
black-and-white photographs

Type
StillImage

Description
Black-and-white photographs depicting the 1968 strike of the Memphis city sanitation workers.

Metadata URL
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-swstrike/

Original Collection
1968 Sanitation Workers Strike, University of Memphis Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee

Contributing Institution
University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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