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
Sameer Rao  Apr 4, 2018 3:27PM EDT

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.
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
Nina Turner  Apr 4, 2018 10:00AM EDT

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. 
Black man in black suit stands in front of brown wall with black plant pots and green plants
Sameer Rao  Oct 5, 2017 4:00PM EDT

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. 
A group of Black men on strike hold up signs that say "I AM A MAN"
catherine lizette gonzalez  Aug 18, 2017 11:30AM EDT

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.