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Jim Lanier, 2006

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Lanier, James (Jim)
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Interviews, Oral history, Memphis (Tenn.), Civil rights, Rhodes College, History, Department of, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
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20060417_Jim_Lanier
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Crossroads to Freedom Oral History Collection
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This is an interview with Dr. Jim Lanier, who is a retired professor of History at Rhodes College. He was teaching at Rhodes during the Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis, TN. In this clip, Lanier shares his experience marching in downtown Memphis after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, and his feelings at that time.