Reverend Cleophus Smith, the last surviving participant of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike, has died, according to a statement from family members. He was 82.
Smith died on Sunday, Sept. 29, according to a Facebook post by the family. Arrangements were still pending at deadline.
Smith was among the 1,300 sanitation workers who went on strike to protest unsafe working conditions, racial discrimination, and low wages—a movement that drew the support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and became a cornerstone of the fight for workers’ rights…