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“I couldn’t understand why all the black men had signs that said ‘I AM A MAN.’”

Reverend George Turks, Jr. remembers witnessing the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike as a teenager. Click here to see a photo from the strike.

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Recorded in Memphis, TN.  Click here for more stories from the strike.


Categories: Griot, Romance, Struggle, Witness

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