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Collection of interviews and news broadcasts covering Martin Luther King's assassination, the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, and other civil rights related news and events. Audio collected by the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee from 1968-1973.

"The Memphis Search for Meaning Committee, a bi-racial, volunteer, non-profit, community research and study group which had spontaneously banded together immediately after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Conscious that, as Memphis citizens, we had been both witnesses to and participants in history, we had, for almost three years, been collecting material and information in an effort to achieve and communicate a fuller understanding of what had happened in our city and why it had happened."

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From the Mississippi Valley Collection at the University of Memphis, collected by the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee from 1968-1973. Digital Audio (c) 2013, University of Memphis Libraries Preservation and Special Collections Department. All rights reserved. Use of this audio shall be governed by the University of Memphis Libraries "Duplication Agreement" http://www.memphis.edu/libraries/pdfs/duplication_agreement.pdf

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Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 41 to 60 of 174
PreviewIssue DateTitleAuthor(s)
sugarmon.PNG.jpg1969-04-21Russell and Gina Sugarmon, Tennessee State Senator, 1969Sugarmon, Russell B., Jr.; Sugarmon, Gina; Yellin, David G.; Yellin, Carol Lynn; Beifuss, Joan Turner
mose walker.PNG.jpg1968-05-14Mose Walker, Asst. Principal Booker T. Washington High School, 1968Walker, Mose; Yellin, David G.; Viar, Wilson
greenspun.PNG.jpg1968-07-07Father William Greenspun, St. Patrick's Church, 1968Greenspun, Father William; Schultz, Judy; Beifuss, Joan Turner
crowns.PNG.jpg1968-05-13Arthur Crowns, Prof. of Sociology at Memphis State Univ., 1968Crowns, Arthur; Yellin, David G.; Ausprich, Harry
leppert.PNG.jpg1968-06-24Joseph Leppert, Founder of Memphis Catholic Human Relations Council, 1968Leppert, Monsignor Joseph; Beifuss, Joan Turner; Schultz, Judy
bill ross.PNG.jpg1968-07-16Bill Ross, Memphis AFL-CIO Labor Council, 1968Ross, Bill; Beifuss, Joan Turner; Beckner, Tom
calvin taylor.PNG.jpg1968-08-17Calvin Taylor, Organizer of the Black Militants, 1968Taylor, Calvin; Vier, Jerry; Thomas, Bill
king and lawson.PNG.jpg1968-08-16Coretta Scott King and James Lawson at Mason Temple, 1968King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006; Lawson, James M., 1928-
anthony sabella.PNG.jpg1968-09-04Anthony Sabella, AFSCME Attorney, 1968Sabella, Anthony; Beckner, Tom; Yellin, David G.
ministersnegotiations2.PNG.jpg1968-02-18Ministers' Negotiations Part 2, February 18th 1968Wax, James A. (James Aaron), 1912-1989
holloman2.PNG.jpg1973-05-09Frank Holloman, Dir. Memphis Fire and Police, May 9th 1973Holloman, Frank
roy wilkins.PNG.jpg1973-04-18Roy Wilkins, Executive Director NAACP, 1973Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981; Yellin, David G.; Yellin, Carol Lynn; Beifuss, Joan Turner
paul barnett.PNG.jpg1968-03-28WREC Radio: Paul Barnett Describes March, 1968Barnett, Paul; WREC (Radio station : Memphis, Tenn.)
edward hunvald.PNG.jpg1973-01-16Edward Hunvald, Advertising Manager for Goldsmith's Department Store, 1973Hunvald, Edward H.; Yellin, Carol Lynn; Beifuss, Joan Turner
WREC April 4th 1968.JPG.jpg1968-04-04WREC Radio Post Assassination Statements, 1968WREC (Radio station : Memphis, Tenn.)
richard wells.PNG.jpg1972-09-01Rev. Richard C. Wells, Professor at Memphis Theological Seminary, 1972Wells, Richard C.; Yellin, David G.; Yellin, Carol Lynn
tom beckner.PNG.jpg1972-12-28Tom Beckner, Memphis Search for Meaning Committee, 1972Yellin, David G.; Yellin, Carol Lynn
Paul Barnett.JPG.jpg1972-08-08Paul Barnett, Newsperson for WREC Radio, 1972Barnett, Paul
UPI April 8th 1968.JPG.jpg1968-04-08UPI Radio Network Newscasts, April 8th 1968UPI Radio Network
upiapril11.PNG.jpg1968-04-11UPI Radio Network Newscasts, April 11th 1968UPI Radio Network
Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 41 to 60 of 174

Vimeo streaming links for individual interviews can be found under "Related Link" on item page.

Items include transcripts, when available, or computer generated captioning. Transcripts and captioning may contain errors.

Original media files available upon request.