Title Work

Title No: 1045

Title: Interview with William Lucy

Medium: Audio; Moving Image

Original Medium: Film; Recorded Sound

Date: 24 Oct  1988 (Created)

Interview with William Lucy conducted for Eyes on the Prize II.  Discussion centers on his efforts to negotiate a resolution to Memphis Sanitation Strike on behalf of the workers.  Other topics include Martin Luther King Jr.'s oratory skills and recollections of the march in support of the strike during which police and some strikers clashed.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 41 min 36 sec 

Genres: Interview

Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Oratory; Poor People's Campaign; Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968; Labor unions--Organizing

Name As Subjects: King, Martin Luther Jr.; Lucy, William