The 1969 Oklahoma City Garbage Strike
Description:
Article covers the Oklahoma City worker's strike in 1969 when sanitation workers, mostly African Americans, went on strike for higher wages and better working conditions. The article expounds on the reasons for the strike, the attention it received locally and nationally from African American politicians and organizations, and the results of the resolve of the strikers and their supporters.
Date:
Winter 2010
Creator:
Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner:
Oklahoma Historical Society