Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 10: The Memphis Sanitation Strike EndsWhen the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers felt…ByKirsten West Savali, Emily Yellin4/18/18 12:00PMComments (12)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 9: ‘We’ve Gotta March Again.’ Sanitation Workers Remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Battle CryThe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, one day after the funeral of Larry…ByKirsten West Savali4/04/18 9:00AMComments (5)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 8: Memphis Police Officer Guns Down 16-Year-Old #LarryPayne as Sanitation Strike ContinuesMemphis, Tenn., exploded into chaos on March 28, 1968, as militarized police officers—armed with rifles, tear gas,…ByKirsten West Savali4/03/18 9:00AMComments (4)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 7: Police Officers Terrorize Black Memphis During MLK’s Final MarchAfter speaking to a rapt crowd on March 18, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., as…ByKirsten West Savali3/28/18 8:00AMComments (6)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 6: The Memphis Sanitation Strike From the Wives’ PerspectiveDuring the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strike, there were no signs that read “I am a woman” or “I am a wife” or…ByKirsten West Savali3/20/18 9:00AMComments (4)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 5: Children of the Memphis Sanitation Strike Share Their StoriesFor the children of the Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strikers, the sounds, sights and smells of revolution, capitalism…ByKirsten West Savali3/08/18 8:30AMComments (2)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 4: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Memphis Sanitation Workers Go on StrikeAs the families of Echol Cole and Robert Walker struggled to put their loved ones to rest, a different kind of storm…ByKirsten West Savali2/19/18 12:51PMComments (4)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 3: ‘I Know Hard Work’: Memphis Sanitation Strikers on Childhoods Sharecropping in the Jim Crow SouthSharecropping in the United States was slavery by another name, and many of the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation…ByKirsten West Savali2/07/18 9:00AMComments (4)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 2: The Tragic Deaths of Robert Walker and Echol Cole Sparked 1968 Memphis Sanitation StrikeRobert Walker, 30, and Echol Cole, 36, woke up on Thursday, Feb. 1, 1968, and went to work for the Memphis (Tenn.)…ByKirsten West Savali2/01/18 10:00AMComments (11)Save
Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68 Entertainment1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘68Episode 1: Our Video Series Shares Never-Been-Told Stories of the Memphis Sanitation WorkersIn Memphis, Tenn., 1968, 1,300 sanitation workers braved the bitter cold to engage in a revolutionary 65-day action…ByKirsten West Savali1/15/18 9:00AMComments (14)Save