The Memphis sanitation strike, 1968
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 9 2018 15:53
A short history of the 1968 strike of 1300 African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, during which Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
The battle of Athens: When WWII veterans took up arms against a corrupt local government in Tennessee
Submitted by nikolabudanovic on Nov 27 2017 15:35
In 1946 a non-partisan political option made of WWII veterans applied to the local elections in McMinn County, Tennessee. When they realized that the elections were being rigged, they took up arms and decided to defend their rights without relying on the State.
Black bus workers fight "plantation" conditions - Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
An article by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin about discrimination in the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority. Originally appeared in the Industrial Worker #1589 (March 1996)
Winn, Ross: digging up a Tennessee anarchist
A book written by Nutmeg Brown and Ally Greenside about Southern anarchist Ross Winn.
Winn, Ross, 1871-1912
Submitted by GrouchoMarxist on Mar 4 2012 07:02
A short biography of southern anarchist Ross Winn as told by Emma Goldman.
