How MLK's death affected a nation, as told by those who remember it
How MLK’s death affected a nation, as told by those who remember it The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy in a march on behalf of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., days before King was shot and killed. (Sam Melhorn / Associated Press) Martin Luther King Jr. had traveled to Memphis, Tenn., in late March 1968 to lead a protest march in support of the city’s striking sanitation workers. Violence had followed, with police descending on the protesters ...
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