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Labor and Civil Rights: Honoring the Legacy of Memphis’ Sanitation Strike
The story of Memphis’s 1968 Sanitation Strike is a story of courage, unity, and transformation. As we look back more than half a century, we not only honor the bravery of the sanitation workers but also trace how their struggle continues to shape today’s battles for...
Founders’ Legacy
“Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and before the law. There must be no dual standards of justice, no dual rights, privileges, duties, or responsibilities of citizenship. No dual forms of freedom.”
A. Philip Randolph
