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AFSCME, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike URL: http://www.afscme.org/about/1029.cfm Description: This 2008 feature uses historical and retrospective articles to recall the events starting on February 12, 1968, in which 1,300 sanitation workers (almost all African American) in Memphis, Tennessee, went on strike. During the strike, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support the striking workers, where he was assassinated, on April 4, 1968. From the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO. LII Topics: Black Resources, Civil Rights Movement, Labor, Labor, Strikes Publisher: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Extra Keywords civil rights movement black history LII Database Information: Record 25315 created by Jennifer English on 01/23/2008 Last modification on 01/30/2008 Published: 01/31/2008 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25315 |
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