(24767) Remembering King

Posted March 28th, 2011 by jruss

AFSCME
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorials (AFSCME)
Finley, Murray
Hood, Leamon
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lucy, William
Rogers, Taylor
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Wurf, Jerry, 1919-

Labor and civil rights leaders sing “We Shall Overcome” during an event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Memphis Local 1733 sanitation workers strike and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. Starting third from left: Amalgamated Clothing Workers President Murray Finley, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, AFSCME Staff Representative Joe Paisley, AFSCME Area Director Leamon Hood, and Local 1733 President Taylor Rogers.