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After The River I Stand Analysis
In the film “After the River I Stand”, it tells the story of how after integration, African Americans were pushed to the bottom of society. The film covers two months in 1968 that concluded with the success of the sanitation workers and the unexpected death of Martin Luther King Jr.
In the documentary “At the River I Stand”, it tells the narrative of the sanitation workers strike in the year of 1968. In February 1968, the awful working conditions for African Americans came to attention with the death of two sanitation workers. With no insurance, the workers families were left with nothing but desperate times. After this incident, 1300 sanitation workers walked off the job in a strike that lasted for about 65 days. During the strike, it received

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