I Am A Man: Photographer Richard Copley Recalls His First Assignment, 50 Years After the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike

AFSCME archivist Stefanie Caloia shares photographer Richard Copley’s story of his very first and what he considers his most important assignment covering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike and, ultimately, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and memorial march. Related Collections AFSCME Local 1733 Records AFSCME Office of the President: Jerry Wurf Records 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike Image Gallery Episode Credits Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English Host: Dan Golodner Interviewee: Stefanie Caloia, excerpts from Richard Copley Sound: Troy Eller English With support from the Reuther Podcast Collective: Bart Bealmear, Elizabeth Clemens, Meghan Courtney, Troy Eller English, Dan Golodner, Paul Neirink, and Mary Wallace