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Department of Labor Hall of Fame
AFSCME Memphis Local 1733 members who participated in the 1968 sanitation workers strike were inducted into the Department of Labor's Labor Hall of Fame. Front row, left to right: Joe Warren, Russell Walton, Cleo Smith, Herbert Parson. Back row, left to right: Alvin Turner, Baxter Leach, Ozell Ueal.
Creator: Watkins, Fred
Date: 2011-04-29
Collection: AFSCME Communications Department Records
Citation
Watkins, Fred , “Department of Labor Hall of Fame,” I Am A Man, accessed February 21, 2025, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/items/show/219.