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dc.contributorPryor, Downing-
dc.contributorFaist, Thomas-
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-10T18:39:32Z-
dc.date.available2018-09-10T18:39:32Z-
dc.date.issued1982-05-04-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10267/34135-
dc.descriptionIn this interview, Downing Pryor describes being the first President of the City Council in 1968 and how the new, inexperienced City Council struggled to excercize authority and put an end to the Sanitation Worker's Strike. He also recounts the King assassination and how it caused African American leadership to fragment in the city of Memphis.-
dc.publisherRhodes College-
dc.relation.urihttps://vimeo.com/289561524-
dc.subjectOral history-
dc.subjectInterviews-
dc.subjectMemphis (Tenn.)-
dc.subjectCivil rights-
dc.subjectMemphis City Council-
dc.subjectBlack Leaders-
dc.subjectIntegration-
dc.subjectSanitation workers-
dc.subjectLoeb, Henry 1920-1992-
dc.subjectKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination-
dc.titleDowning Pryor, first President of the City Council, 1982-
dc.typeSound-
dc.identifier.rhodes19820504_Downing_Pryor-
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