Jerome Wurf
Deceased Person
1919 – 1981
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Who was Jerome Wurf?
Jerome Wurf was a U.S. labor leader and president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees from 1964 to 1981. Wurf was a friend of Martin Luther King Jr., and was arrested multiple times for his activism, notably during the Memphis Sanitation Strike and was released just in time to hear Martin Luther King Jr's 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' oratory at the strike, assassination the next day, and attend his funeral.
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- Born
- May 18, 1919
New York City - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- New York University
- Died
- Dec 10, 1981
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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