Examines the link between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., discussing how the strike, the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and the labor protests all laid the foundations for what many consider to be King's greatest speech, given just days before he was killed, and how that speech and King's death influenced the end of the strike.
year: 2012
call number/section: 323, 323.11, 323.09
subjects: king, martin luther, jr., 1929-1968, assassination, sanitation workers strike, memphis, tenn., 1968, labor movement, memphis, history, 20th century, african americans, social conditions, memphis (tenn.), history, 20th century, memphis (tenn.)
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Bausum, Ann
National Geographic (2012)
Examines the link between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., discussing how the strike, the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and the labor protests all laid the foundations for what many consider to be King's greatest speech, given just days before he was killed, and how that speech and King's death influenced the end of the strike.
Schools: 18
Bausum, Ann
Chronicles events in the last days of Martin Luther King, Jr. Features quotes, a timeline, photographs, and further resources.
Schools: 2