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    PREVIEW: The strike that shook the nation

    PREVIEW: The strike that shook the nation

    FromI AM STORY

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    PREVIEW: The strike that shook the nation

    FromI AM STORY

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    Length:
    2 minutes
    Released:
    Mar 28, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers went on strike – for dignity, for respect, for recognition of their basic humanity. Courageously, they declared: I AM A MAN. The strike would draw together the labor movement and the civil rights movement in a way that changed the course of history. The I AM STORY Podcast revisits this struggle, telling the story of this strike and everything that happened next. Learn more at IAMSTORY.com 
    Released:
    Mar 28, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    In 1968, sanitation workers in Memphis took a stand against degrading and deadly working conditions. They declared a strike that would lead to a movement that would shake the nation. The I AM STORY podcast tells the story of the sanitation workers who dared to declare: I AM A MAN.