Opinion: Without Dr. King, the 1968 sanitation strike might have been a footnote

By , Guest Columnist Published: April 02, 2021 4:00 AM CT
<strong>The names of sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968 are engraved on a wall inside the I Am A Man Plaza next to Clayborn Temple.</strong> (Daily Memphian file)

The names of sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968 are engraved on a wall inside the I Am A Man Plaza next to Clayborn Temple. (Daily Memphian file)

“I believe that if Dr. King had not come to Memphis, my father and his co-workers would have been forced to continue to work under the same terrible conditions that led to the senseless deaths of sanitation workers Robert Walker and Echol Cole.”

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Johnnie Mosley

Johnnie Mosley is a native Memphian and founder of Citizens For Better Service. He is the son of John C. White, a Memphis sanitation worker for five decades.


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