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55th Anniversary of the Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis, TN

Some 1,300 sanitation workers begin what is to become a 64-day strike in Memphis (photo), ultimately win union recognition and wage increases. The April 4 assassination in Memphis of Martin Luther King Jr., who had been taking an active role in mass meetings and street actions, brought pressure on the city to settle the strike – 1968

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