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Henry Loeb Jr., son of Memphis Mayor, 2004

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Loeb, Henry G., Jr.
Gritter, Elizabeth
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Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), Civil rights, Loeb, Henry 1920-1992, Politics and government, Integration, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
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20040621_Henry_Loeb_Jr
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Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection
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In this interview, son of Memphis Mayor (1960-1963, 1968-1971) Henry Loeb, Henry G. Loeb Jr. recounts his father's time as mayor in the late 1960s and gives insight to his point of view. He provides insight to his father's controversial stances on the 1968 Sanitation Worker's Strike and recalls his father's turbulent political and business careers until his stroke in 1988.