March to Mace: The Sanitation Strike before Martin Luther King Jr.’s invitation to Memphis, and a look at Memphis newspaper coverage of the first few weeks…
Read More From the Archives: Coverage of the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike in the White Press
April 1968 was the most important month of the 20th Century for the city of Memphis. The Sanitation Strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin…
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“Packing Unit Is Apparently Activated By Accident, Crushes Employees” February 2, 1968 The Commercial Appeal reporter Joseph Thompson’s stark headline made the front page that…
Read More “Garbage Truck Kills 2 Crewmen” Starts the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike