Breaking Down
Podcast |
Southern Hollows
Publisher |
Stinson Liles
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
History
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Jun 19, 2018
Episode Duration |
00:25:00

On a cold, rainy afternoon in 1968 a Memphis garbage truck malfunctioned and killed the two "garbage packers" riding inside. It was the last straw for the city's more than 1,000 sanitation workers, who walked off the job in protest of the conditions. But they ran head-on into an immovable Mayor, and the ensuing battle brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to town for what was to be his last march. After you listen, click over to the Southern Hollows website for the pictures, credits, and links for this episode: www.southernhollows.com/episodes/memphissanitationstrike

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