Guest Column: Memphis must do more to remember Echol Cole and Robert Walker
City officials and workers in Florida bow their heads Feb. 1, 2018, during a Moment of Silence to honor two Memphis sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, killed by a malfunctioning garbage truck on Feb. 1, 1968. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Guest Columnist
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.
“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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