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The Breaking Point
FromI AM STORY
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Apr 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers faced dangerous and degrading conditions on the job. The mayor showed the men no respect, paying them poverty wages and refusing to recognize their union. During a driving rainstorm on February 1, Robert Walker and Echol Cole were crushed to death as they sought shelter in the back of their sanitation truck, a horrific accident that was the result of shocking negligence by city leaders. That was the breaking point.
Released:
Apr 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (8)
SNEAK PEEK: I AM STORY: 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... by I AM STORY