Memphis sanitation strike, 1968

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause	low wages poor working conditions death of Echol Cole and Robert Walker
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:National_Civil_Rights_Museum annual events in Memphis
gptkbp:endDate	1968-04-16
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Memphis sanitation strike, 1968
gptkbp:legacy	inspired future labor and civil rights activism
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	national news outlets
gptkbp:notableEvent	April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. April 3, 1968 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech Curfew and National Guard deployment March 28, 1968 march led by Martin Luther King Jr.
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:James_Lawson gptkb:T.O._Jones
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers	over 1,300
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Henry_Loeb
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees_(AFSCME)_Local_1733 sanitation workers
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement gptkb:Poor_People's_Campaign
gptkbp:result	increased national attention to civil rights union recognition improved wages
gptkbp:slogan	I AM A MAN
gptkbp:startDate	1968-02-12
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:NAACP gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference students local clergy
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6