Memphis sanitation workers' strike

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civil rights protest historical event labor strike

The Memphis sanitation workers' strike was a pivotal 1968 labor and civil rights protest by Black sanitation workers demanding fair wages, safer working conditions, and recognition of their union, and is closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign before his assassination.

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Label Occurrences
Memphis sanitation workers' strike canonical 4
1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike 3
Memphis sanitation workers 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights protest ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
cause lack of union recognition ⓘ
low wages for Black sanitation workers ⓘ
racial discrimination in municipal employment ⓘ
unsafe working conditions ⓘ
chronology occurred shortly before Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on 1968-04-04 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1968-04-16 ⓘ
hasEffect improved working conditions for sanitation workers ⓘ
strengthening of Black labor activism ⓘ
union recognition for Memphis sanitation workers ⓘ
wage increases for sanitation workers ⓘ
hasParticipant AFSCME Local 1733 ⓘ
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ⓘ
Black sanitation workers ⓘ
Memphis ⓘ
surface form: City of Memphis

James Lawson ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Mayor Henry Loeb ⓘ
Ralph Abernathy ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
location Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
motto I AM A MAN ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Movement

labor movement ⓘ
notableDocument Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech ⓘ
notableProtestForm boycotts ⓘ
marches ⓘ
mass rallies ⓘ
picket lines ⓘ
opposedBy City of Memphis government ⓘ
surface form: City of Memphis administration

Mayor Henry Loeb ⓘ
relatedTo African-American labor history ⓘ
Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Poor People's Campaign

public sector unionism in the United States ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
significantEvent assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
significantPlace Beale Street ⓘ
Clayborn Temple ⓘ
Lorraine Motel ⓘ
Mason Temple ⓘ
slogan I AM A MAN ⓘ
startDate 1968-02-12 ⓘ
supportedBy Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
civil rights activists ⓘ
local Black clergy ⓘ
national labor organizations ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ

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National Civil Rights Museum → hasExhibitOn → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
U.S. Civil Rights Trail → hasPart → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis sanitation strike sites
African-American history of Memphis → includesEvent → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
American labor movement → hasKeyEvent → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis sanitation strike
James Lawson → participantIn → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
Mayor Henry Loeb → eventAssociatedWith → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Loeb
this entity surface form: 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike
I AM A MAN → usedIn → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike
I AM A MAN → associatedWith → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis sanitation workers
Mason Temple → event → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 sanitation workers’ strike mass meeting
Mason Temple → associatedWith → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis sanitation workers’ strike
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech → topic → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
subject surface form: I've Been to the Mountaintop
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech → historicalContext → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
subject surface form: I've Been to the Mountaintop
this entity surface form: Memphis sanitation strike of 1968
Clayborn Temple → significantEvent → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike
Clayborn Temple → associatedWith → Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis sanitation workers