Memphis sanitation strike

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Memphis_sanitation_strike
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause low wages
poor working conditions
death of Echol Cole and Robert Walker
gptkbp:endDate 1968-04-16
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Memphis sanitation strike
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:AFSCME_Local_1733
gptkbp:location gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:mayorDuringStrike gptkb:Henry_Loeb
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national attention
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers over 1,300
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:City_of_Memphis
gptkbp:participants gptkb:American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees_(AFSCME)
sanitation workers
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:result union recognition
improved wages
gptkbp:significance major event in the Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:slogan I AM A MAN
gptkbp:startDate 1968-02-12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:I've_Been_to_the_Mountaintop
gptkb:United_States_labor_movement
gptkb:Jesse_Louis_Jackson_Sr.
gptkb:Labor_History
gptkb:I_AM_A_MAN_(Memphis_sanitation_strike,_1968)
gptkb:History_of_Labour_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7