Dr. King and the 1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Strike
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Photo Credit: Richard L. Copley
On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support AFSCME sanitation workers. That evening, he delivered his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech to a packed room of supporters. The next day, he was assassinated.
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