Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Supports Memphis Workers

[Charleston Chew]

Run time: 01:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99mdq0jHPSU   Posted on YouTube: April 04, 2011 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress2 Views on YouTube: 13   Posted on DU: April 04, 2011 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 657

 
Dr. King and the 1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Strike
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”


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.

http://www.afscme.org/about/1029.cfm

[Charleston Chew]

1. you have to see this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av4gtkRoZgg

[HolyCity2012]

2. Memphis Sanitation Workers Remember

Memphis Sanitation Workers Remember (stand in solidarity with workers across the country)

Memphis sanitation workers from the famous 1968 strike stand in solidarity with workers across the country who are fighting the same battle for rights today.

Herbert Parson, Alvin Turner and Joe Warren, members of AFSCME Local 1733, shared their thoughts as part of events held in Memphis this year to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to oppose the attacks on public employees.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x579179

[BrandonVilner]

3. Rest in Peace, Reverend

There has never been another like him

[MinM]

4. Why isn't Andrew Breitbart in Jail Yet? He's done this shit 5 times now!

http://justiceforkennedy.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-isnt-andrew-breitbart-in-jail-yet.html

Some revisionist history regarding the Memphis Sanitation Strike...

Professor responds to Breitbart's 'expose'; she's now getting death threats
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x982293

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