Mayor Henry Loeb
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Mayor Henry Loeb was the segregationist mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, whose opposition to labor and civil rights demands made him a central and controversial figure during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mayor Henry Loeb canonical | 2 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mayor ⓘ |
| conflict |
Martin Luther King Jr.'s support for the sanitation strike
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Memphis sanitation workers ⓘ civil rights leaders in Memphis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| eventAssociatedWith |
Memphis sanitation workers' strike
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surface form:
1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike
civil rights protests in Memphis in 1968 ⓘ |
| familyName | Loeb ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| ideology | opposition to desegregation policies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
refusal to negotiate key demands of striking sanitation workers
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refusal to recognize the sanitation workers' union in 1968 ⓘ |
| name | Henry Loeb ⓘ |
| notableFor |
opposition to civil rights demands in Memphis
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opposition to labor demands of Memphis sanitation workers ⓘ role in the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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politician ⓘ |
| officeJurisdiction |
Memphis
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surface form:
City of Memphis
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| placeOfActivity |
Memphis
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
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| politicalAlignment | segregationist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Mayor of Memphis ⓘ |
| residence |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
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| roleInEvent |
central figure in the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike
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mayor of Memphis during the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| stanceOnIssue |
opposed collective bargaining for Memphis sanitation workers
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opposed union recognition for Memphis sanitation workers ⓘ resisted civil rights reforms in Memphis municipal government ⓘ |
| stateOfActivity | Tennessee ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfActivity | 1960s ⓘ |
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