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Download full textPerry, Douglas – 2000
During inclement weather in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1968, two separate incidents caused black sanitation workers to strike for job safety, better wages and benefits, and union recognition. Mayor Henry Loeb was unsympathetic and opposed to the union. Martin Luther King agreed to lend his support to the sanitation workers and spoke at a rally…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Leadership, Citizen Participation, Civil Rights
