Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he had come to support striking sanitation workers. His final campaigns connected racial equality with economic justice. His...
Coretta Scott King and other family members marched with thousands in Memphis, honouring King and supporting sanitation workers. The demonstration sustained the workers’ demands after his...
The sanitation strike ended with an agreement providing union recognition and wage improvements. Workers’ sustained action and community solidarity had challenged the city’s treatment of Black...
