One of the Last Original Striking Sanitation Workers of 1968, Baxter Leach, Has Died
Subject
History; Civil Rights; Protests
Description
Baxter Leach, 79, one of the surviving sanitation workers who participated in the 1968 sanitation workers strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, died Tuesday morning, family members said.
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Micaela A Watts & Ted Evanoff
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commercialappeal.com
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