Memphis sanitation workers' strike

Title

Memphis sanitation workers' strike

Description

U.S. National Guard troops blocking off Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, as civil rights marchers pass by wearing placards reading “I Am a Man,” March 29, 1968.

Publisher

Encyclopædia Britannica

Date

1968-03-29

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image

Source

https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr/The-Mountaintop-Speech#/media/1/2120968/305404

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“Memphis sanitation workers' strike,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed May 12, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5913.

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