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One of last two surviving 1968 sanitation workers dies

Former Memphis sanitation worker Elmore Nickelberry lived long enough to see his name on a marble memorial erected in honor of the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, which began after two workers — Echol Cole and Robert Walker — were crushed to death in the compactor of a garbage truck.

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Guest Column: Memphis must do more to remember Echol Cole and Robert Walker

“Although there is a small historical marker in honor of Cole and Walker in Memphis, their names are not as well-known as many civil rights icons.”

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