Racial tension in Memphis, Tenn., simmered just below surface in 1968. It needed only one spark to erupt into violence and that was provided by a city sanitation workers strike in February. As prolonged negotiations grouped toward a settlement that always seemed just out of reach, civil rights leaders took advantage of the opportunity to use movement techniques in an economic problem. Soon the nation found its attention focused on the city mayor, union organizers, preachers and civil rights leaders of national stature, all embroiled in what would become a tragic course of events. At the Museum, this exhibit features a line of marchers in a street scene, a garbage truck in the background, and video presentations of the news coverage and viewpoints of the events.