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"But we have got the victory."

by Nuisance Industry

Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 06:52:48 AM PDT

I Am A Man

Today marks an important anniversary, a date that reminds us that out of struggle comes progress. On April 16, 1968, the city of Memphis relented and recognized the Memphis sanitation workers' right to organize a union. We know all too well the costs of that struggle; today let us remember it achieved an important victory.

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The Memphis strike, 40 years later (Feb 12, 1968).

by Nuisance Industry

Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 06:00:01 AM PDT

I Am A Man

On February 12, 1968, sanitation workers in the city of Memphis decided to walk off the job. This decision set events in motion that have shaped our history every since.