One of last two surviving 1968 sanitation workers dies
The last surviving sanitation workers involved in the strike and march of 1968 stand at the center of the I Am A Man Plaza during an unveiling ceremony on April 5, 2018. (The Daily Memphian file)
In an NPR interview in 2018, Elmore Nickelberry said, “I knew I wasn’t no garbage man. I just worked in garbage.”
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