I Am A Man
  • Home
  • Introductory Essay
  • Lives of the Sanitation Workers
  • The Strike Begins
  • Negotiations, Vigils, and Sandwiches
  • The Macing March
  • A Community Awakens
  • A Nation Awakens
  • Dr. King Arrives In Memphis
  • Terrible Thursday
  • The Men March, The Guards Watch
  • I've Been To The Mountain Top
  • Lorraine Motel
  • Mourning
  • Victory for Local 1733
  • Impact on the South, 1968-1970
  • Remembering Memphis
  • Resources
  • Credits/Contact

Resources

Links

  • AFSCME and Dr. King
  • Shortened form of a video AFSCME produced about the strike (YouTube)
  • Photos of the strike from the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper
  • Walter P. Reuther Library info on the strike
  • Michael Honey's faculty page, complete with information on his books
  • The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
  • The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
  • Some resources on the strike at the University of Memphis
  • Richard Copley's photographs for purchase
  • Bayard Rustin Papers
  • Henry Loeb Papers
  • Ernest C. Withers Photography Collection
  • National Archives lesson plan: Court Documents Related to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers

Books

  • Going Down Jericho Road
  • "All Labor Has Dignity"
  • At the River I Stand (book)
  • At the River I Stand (video)
  • I Am a Man (video)
  • I am a Man: Photographs of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Home
  • Introductory Essay
  • Lives of the Sanitation Workers
  • The Strike Begins
  • Negotiations, Vigils, and Sandwiches
  • The Macing March
  • A Community Awakens
  • A Nation Awakens
  • Dr. King Arrives In Memphis
  • Terrible Thursday
  • The Men March, The Guards Watch
  • I've Been To The Mountain Top
  • Lorraine Motel
  • Mourning
  • Victory for Local 1733
  • Impact on the South, 1968-1970
  • Remembering Memphis
  • Resources
  • Credits/Contact

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