[act-ma] 1/24 5 pm Memphis Sanitation Workers 1968 with labor leader William Lucy (Wed)
Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum
History Revisited: Memphis Sanitation Workers 1968
Date:
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Time:
5:00 pm EST
Where:
Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Organization/Sponsor
Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School; Harvard Trade Union Program; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
Speaker(s):
William Lucy, founding president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Cost:
Free and open to the public
Contact Info:
john_trumpbour@harvard.edu<mailto:john_trumpbour@harvard.edu>
Description:
Part of the Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum that honors one of the nation's most distinguished labor leaders, William Lucy's presentation will explain the sanitation workers' strike in 1968 that brought Martin Luther King to Memphis where he was assassinated. Lucy was a prominent labor organizer during the Memphis strike and soon became the founding president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Mainstream media and commentators frequently ignore the centrality of labor struggles and economic justice in MLK's legacy.
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Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum
History Revisited: Memphis Sanitation Workers 1968
Date:
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Time:
5:00 pm EST
Where:
Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Organization/Sponsor
Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School; Harvard Trade Union Program; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
Speaker(s):
William Lucy, founding president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Cost:
Free and open to the public
Contact Info:
john_trumpbour@harvard.edu<mailto:john_trumpbour@harvard.edu>
Description:
Part of the Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum that honors one of the nation's most distinguished labor leaders, William Lucy's presentation will explain the sanitation workers' strike in 1968 that brought Martin Luther King to Memphis where he was assassinated. Lucy was a prominent labor organizer during the Memphis strike and soon became the founding president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Mainstream media and commentators frequently ignore the centrality of labor struggles and economic justice in MLK's legacy.
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History Revisited: Memphis Sanitation Workers 1968
Date:
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Time:
5:00 pm EST
Where:
Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Organization/Sponsor
Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School; Harvard Trade Union Program; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
Speaker(s):
William Lucy, founding president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Cost:
Free and open to the public
Contact Info:
john_trumpbour@harvard.edu<mailto:john_trumpbour@harvard.edu>
Description:
Part of the Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum that honors one of the nation's most distinguished labor leaders, William Lucy's presentation will explain the sanitation workers' strike in 1968 that brought Martin Luther King to Memphis where he was assassinated. Lucy was a prominent labor organizer during the Memphis strike and soon became the founding president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Mainstream media and commentators frequently ignore the centrality of labor struggles and economic justice in MLK's legacy.
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