Memphis Sanitation Strike

Black demonstrator in yellow shirt with black text and black pants and blue hat walks in front of grey stone monument of Black man and Black people in multicolored clothing in front of blue and grey sky

Watch the Electrifying Conclusion of Dr. King's Final Speech

King celebrated the ongoing fight for social and racial equity during his famed “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis.

Sameer Rao Apr 4, 2018 3:27PM EDT

A Black man wearing a black sweatshirt and red cap over dredlocks and playing a trumpet passes a colorful mural of the Memphis sanitation worker's "I Am a Man" strike

It's Our Job to Finish Dr. Martin Luther King's Economic Justice Work [OP-ED]

On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner reflects on the critical income inequality work he supported and our urgent need to finish it.

Nina Turner Apr 4, 2018 10:00AM EDT

Black man in black suit stands in front of brown wall with black plant pots and green plants

Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher to Dramatize the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike in 'I Am a Man'

The Oscar-winning writer will adapt a 2007 book by labor historian Michael K. Honey that chronicles how striking Black sanitation workers demanded racial equity.

Sameer Rao Oct 5, 2017 4:00PM EDT

A group of Black men on strike hold up signs that say "I AM A MAN"

AFSCME President Lee Saunders on the Need for a 'Strong Army' to Advance Economic Justice and Civil Rights

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike by training labor organizers to tackle income inequality and racial disparity via the “I Am 2018” campaign.

catherine lizette gonzalez Aug 18, 2017 11:30AM EDT