Smith, Wurf, Reuther, Slaiman Mourn King

Item

Title

Smith, Wurf, Reuther, Slaiman Mourn King

Description

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.

Date

1968-04-08

Coverage

1960-1969

Subject

AFSCME
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-
Wurf, Jerry, 1919-

Rights

Copley, Richard L.

Is Part Of

AFSCME Communications Department Records

Creator

Copley, Richard L.

Format

image/jpeg

Extent

6 x 10

Type

Still Image
Photographs

Identifier

8898

Spatial Coverage

Memphis, TN

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