Online Exhibit: Wayne State Libraries Presents Presents Historic 1968 Memphis Sanitation 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
Direct to “I AM a Man” Online Exhibition
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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