Sanitation Archives - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Memphians reflect on workers’ justice this Labor Day

by Brittany Brown August 26, 2022August 29, 2022

For Labor Day, MLK50 asked three people their thoughts on what has changed and stayed the same for workers in Memphis

Sanitation Workers

On Feb. 1, 1968, two Memphis sanitation workers were crushed in a city garbage truck

by Wendi C. Thomas January 31, 2020February 1, 2022

Martin Luther King, Sanitation Workers, Unions

The Workers

by Andrea Morales February 12, 2019October 5, 2020

Black Lives Matter, Martin Luther King, Poverty, Sanitation Workers

From MLK50 archives: Memphis had another shameful, tragedy in 1968

by Wendi C. Thomas February 1, 2019October 5, 2020

Martin Luther King, Memphis, Poverty, Sanitation Workers

Worked ‘like dogs’, Ozell Ueal says sanitation workers risked it all

by Wendi C. Thomas March 31, 2018October 5, 2020

Martin Luther King, Racism, Sanitation Workers, Voting

The politics of truth-telling: Rye’s call to chaos or community

by Rev. Earle J. Fisher March 2, 2018October 5, 2020

Mayor Strickland goes on defense of public critique from ‘outsider’ Angela Rye

by Melonee Gaines February 27, 2018November 1, 2021

Martin Luther King, Racism, Sanitation Workers

Transcript: Angela Rye tells Memphis, ‘Don’t just stay woke, work woke’

by MLK50 Memphis February 25, 2018October 5, 2020

Exactly what does #IAmMemphis mean if we’re not a united city?

by Melonee Gaines February 25, 2018February 8, 2021

Economic Justice, Living Wage, Sanitation Workers, Unions, Workers

The New Poor People’s Campaign is alive and well—and thriving in Memphis

by Kevin McKenzie and Wendi C. Thomas February 13, 2018June 2, 2022