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Main Street Riots, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Main Street Riots, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Main Street Riots, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
© Withers Family Trust

Main Street Riots, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
DateMarch 28, 1968
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (45.4 x 46 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.6 x 50.8 cm)
Mat: 30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.37
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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Sanitation Workers March Stopped on Main Street, Sanitation Workers Strike
Sanitation Workers March Stopped on Main Street, Sanitation Workers Strike
Ernest C. Withers
March 28, 1968
Policemen with Riot Gear, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Policemen with Riot Gear, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
March 28, 1968
T.O. Jones, President of Memphis Sanitation Workers (1967-68) and Organizer of Strike
T.O. Jones, President of Memphis Sanitation Workers (1967-68) and Organizer of Strike
Ernest C. Withers
1968
In Front of Clayborn Temple, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
In Front of Clayborn Temple, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
March 28, 1968
I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
March 28, 1968
Crowd Gathering in Front of Clayborn Temple Before March, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Crowd Gathering in Front of Clayborn Temple Before March, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
March 28, 1968
Image Not Available for Last Steps of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last March, Rev. E. Lynn Brown, T. O. Jones, Rev. P. L. Rowe, Randle Catron, B. Julien Smith, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Sanitation Workers Strike, Beale St., Memphis
Last Steps of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last March, Rev. E. Lynn Brown, T. O. Jones, Rev. P. L. Rowe, Randle Catron, B. Julien Smith, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Sanitation Workers Strike, Beale St., Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
March 28, 1968
Bishop Jordan, A.M.E. Baptist Church; T.O. Jones, Head of Sanitation Workers; Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers, Leading Protest March, Memphis
Bishop Jordan, A.M.E. Baptist Church; T.O. Jones, Head of Sanitation Workers; Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers, Leading Protest March, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April 8, 1968
Boarding House Bathroom room which James Earl Ray Shot Dr. King, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
Boarding House Bathroom room which James Earl Ray Shot Dr. King, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April, 1968
Window from which Martin Luther King , Jr., Was Shot, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
Window from which Martin Luther King , Jr., Was Shot, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April, 1968
Memorial March After Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Main Street, Memphis
Memorial March After Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Main Street, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April 8, 1968
Coretta Scott King with Family and Mourners, Main Street, Memphis
Coretta Scott King with Family and Mourners, Main Street, Memphis
Ernest C. Withers
April 8, 1968