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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.

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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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1. Memphis Mayor Henry Loeb in front of the Federal Building, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1969-04-03
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

2. Curfew violators, Memphis, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-04
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

3. Martin Luther King, Jr. arriving in Memphis, April 3, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Leaptrott, William
Date of Original:: 1968-04
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

4. Police arrest Memphis high school students, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-04
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

5. Memphis sanitation workers outside Clayborn Temple, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Reid, James R.
Date of Original:: 1968-03-28
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

6. Police on deserted Beale Street, Memphis, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-03-28
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

7. Violence breaks out, Memphis, 1968

Creator:: Memphis Press-Scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-03-28
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

8. Fires in the Memphis night, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-03-26
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

9. Memphis firemen dousing a fire, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-03-26
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

10. Memphis police detain man, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-03-26
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

11. Solitary protester in the Memphis snow, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Payne, Fred
Date of Original:: 1968-03-22
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

12. T.O. Jones, Memphis, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:: 1968-03-06
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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