Memphis Sanitation Strike

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Memphis_Sanitation_Strike
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause low wages
poor working conditions
death of Echol Cole and Robert Walker
gptkbp:employer gptkb:City_of_Memphis
gptkbp:endDate 1968-04-16
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major event in U.S. labor history
major event in U.S. civil rights history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Memphis Sanitation Strike
gptkbp:location gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:method gptkb:center
marches
boycotts
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:I_Am_a_Man_march
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 1,300
gptkbp:participants gptkb:American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees_(AFSCME)_Local_1733
sanitation workers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
gptkbp:result improved working conditions
union recognition
improved wages
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:I_Am_a_Man
gptkbp:startDate 1968-02-12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reverend_Jesse_Jackson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6