>> we made about 99 cents an hour. you could work a 40-hour week and will eligible for welfare. >> civil rights leader reverend billy kyles. >> if it rained, they didn't work. the white drivers got paid, but they didn't get paid. >> garbage piled up in the streets and backyards. talks broke down. police clash with strikers marching down main street. >> that's when they would use tear gas and night sticks. >> strike leader joe warren. >> you'd wipe your eyes, man, you couldn't see nothing then. >> reverend kyles was in miami with king that weekend. >> when you really get a movement going, it's time to call for warren. >> congressman john lewis. >> he got sidetracked. he didn't have any intention of going to memphis. that was not part of his plan. it was not on the map. >> dr. king was planning a poor people's march in washington,