Apr 18 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/18/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/18/18Episode 10: The Memphis Sanitation Strike EndsKirsten West Savali, Emily Yellin12SaveWhen the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers felt…
Apr 4 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/4/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/4/18Episode 9: ‘We’ve Gotta March Again.’ Sanitation Workers Remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Battle CryKirsten West Savali5SaveThe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, one day after the funeral of Larry…
Apr 3 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/3/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘684/3/18Episode 8: Memphis Police Officer Guns Down 16-Year-Old #LarryPayne as Sanitation Strike ContinuesKirsten West Savali4SaveMemphis, Tenn., exploded into chaos on March 28, 1968, as militarized police officers—armed with rifles, tear gas,…
Mar 28 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/28/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/28/18Episode 7: Police Officers Terrorize Black Memphis During MLK’s Final MarchKirsten West Savali6SaveAfter speaking to a rapt crowd on March 18, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., as…
Mar 20 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/20/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/20/18Episode 6: The Memphis Sanitation Strike From the Wives’ PerspectiveKirsten West Savali4SaveDuring the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strike, there were no signs that read “I am a woman” or “I am a wife” or…
Mar 8 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/8/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘683/8/18Episode 5: Children of the Memphis Sanitation Strike Share Their StoriesKirsten West Savali2SaveFor the children of the Memphis, Tenn., sanitation strikers, the sounds, sights and smells of revolution, capitalism…
Feb 19 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘682/19/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘682/19/18Episode 4: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Memphis Sanitation Workers Go on StrikeKirsten West Savali4SaveAs the families of Echol Cole and Robert Walker struggled to put their loved ones to rest, a different kind of storm…
Feb 7 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘682/7/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘682/7/18Episode 3: ‘I Know Hard Work’: Memphis Sanitation Strikers on Childhoods Sharecropping in the Jim Crow SouthKirsten West Savali4SaveSharecropping in the United States was slavery by another name, and many of the 1968 Memphis, Tenn., sanitation…
Feb 1 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘682/1/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘682/1/18Episode 2: The Tragic Deaths of Robert Walker and Echol Cole Sparked 1968 Memphis Sanitation StrikeKirsten West Savali11SaveRobert Walker, 30, and Echol Cole, 36, woke up on Thursday, Feb. 1, 1968, and went to work for the Memphis (Tenn.)…
Jan 15 2018Save1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘681/15/18 1,300 Men: Memphis Strike ‘681/15/18Episode 1: Our Video Series Shares Never-Been-Told Stories of the Memphis Sanitation WorkersKirsten West Savali14SaveIn Memphis, Tenn., 1968, 1,300 sanitation workers braved the bitter cold to engage in a revolutionary 65-day action…