April 2, 2012

Media outlets across the country announce WSU libraries' online exhibit documenting 1968 landmark strike

Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library and WSU University Libraries are making available an online exhibit documenting the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tenn. The online experience captures the landmark struggle that influenced the American labor and civil rights movements. The exhibit contains historic documents and photographs of the events in Memphis, along with video clips from a symposium held at WSU in 2003 that commemorated the 35th anniversary of the strike. The exhibit's link is http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/.

http://www.freep.com/article/20120401/NEWS02/204010526/Peters-backed-by-Michigan-AFL-CIO
http://www.necn.com/04/02/12/Wayne-State-online-exhibit-shows-Memphis/landing_nation.html?&apID=5086982e424e41159c811f8e72080de1
http://www.hometownlife.com/usatoday/article/38945375?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CLivonia%7Cs

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