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| Title: | I am a man : an exhibit honoring the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' strike |
| Date: | 1968 |
| 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. |
| Types: | Instructional materials | Black-and-white photographs | Articles | Timelines (chronologies) |
| Subjects: | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination | 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 | Memphis (Tenn.) | Shelby County (Tenn.) |
| Institution: | Walter P. Reuther Library (Wayne State University) |
| Contributors: | Walter P. Reuther Library | Wayne State University |
| Online Publisher: | [Detroit (Mich.)] : Walter P. Reuther Library | 2004 |
| Original Material: | From the Jerry & Mildred Keifer Wurf collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/3642 |
