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“I couldn't understand why all the black men had signs that said 'I AM A MAN.'”

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Reverend George Turks, Jr. remembers witnessing the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike as a teenager. Click here to see a photo from the strike.

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Recorded in Memphis, TN. Click here for more stories from the strike.

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I Am A Man

George Turks

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Memphis, Tennessee, TN, Southerners, Griot, Mason Temple, African Americans, African-Americans, Black Americans, Martin Luther King Junior, Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King, MLK Jr., Civil Rights Movement, sanitation workers, race, racism, segregation, discrimination, marching, protests, racists, hatred, hate, I AM A MAN, signs, identity, strikers, picketers, violence, violence, growing up, memories, youth, equality, human rights, justice, dignity, black-white relations, AFSCME

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