At the river I stand
Description
Documentary of two 1968 events in the civil rights movement-- the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shows how the black community, local civil rights leaders, and AFSCME mobilized behind the strikers in mass demonstrations and a boycott of downtown businesses.
Runtime
58 min
Series
Subjects
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
1993
Database
Alexander Street
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