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 <a title= "http://www.IAMSTORY.com" href="http://www.iamstory.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink= "true" data-linkindex="1">IAMSTORY.com</a>

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

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&nbsp;<a title="http://www.IAMSTORY.com" href="http://www.iamstory.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">IAMSTORY.com</a>&nbsp;

PREVIEW: The strike that shook the nation

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.

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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.

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