A well armed Memphis City policeman monitors striking sanitation workers during the 1968 AFSCME Local 1733 strike in support of which Martin Luther King, Jr. lost his life.
Mourners and supporters carry a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. during a memorial march shortly after his assassination--likely the funeral march held in Atlanta.
Members of the New York Maritime Trades support striking sanitation workers of AFSCME Memphis Local 1733 by participating in the memorial march for Martin Luther King.
A police officer beats a youth during the violence that erupted during the march. Larry Payne, the 16-year-old in the background, was killed by police later in the day.
Press conference announcing a launch of national support for the sanitation workers, March 15. Rev. Billy Kyles, Pres. Jerry Wurf, Rev. James Beval and Bayard Rustin (left to right).
U.S. Marshal Cato Ellis (far left) is serving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a restraining order that forbid the group from leading a march in Memphis on April 8th. Behind Dr. King are Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, James Orange and Bernard Lee (left to right).
Taylor Rogers, a striking sanitation worker and leader of AFSCME Memphis Local 1733, discusses the conditions that finally pushed the workers to strike. Filmed 10/10/2003. Digitized August 2011. Clip extracted December 2011.
Bologna sandwiches were made for the strikers and supporters at a sit in city council chambers while they waited for the council committee to reconvene. Nelson Jones, T.O. Jones, John Blair, Joe Paisley, Jerry Wurf and Taylor Blair (left to right).
Striking members of Memphis Local 1733 hold signs whose slogan symbolized the sanitation workers' 1968 campaign. At center is James Riley. To Riley's right is Hubbell Clark. To Riley's left is a person known as "Jumping Jack."
Seated on the speakers' platform in front of Memphis City Hall at the rally following the memorial march for Martin Luther King, Jr. are from left: Bishop B. Julian Smith of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, AFSCME International President Jerry Wurf, UAW President Walter P. Reuther, and AFL-CIO Civil Rights Director Don Slaiman. King was assassinated while supporting striking sanitation workers from Local 1733.
Strikers picking up their last paycheck on February 20, Scott Street Sanitation Station. Benny Booker, Willie Cartwright and Joe Jackson (left to right).
Striking workers congratulate AFSCME Field Staff Director P.J. Ciampa following the union agreement with the city for a representation election. City employees in Miami Beach had struck for recognition of Local 1544 in 1968.
