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 with billy clubs, mace and tear gas. The next week, King returned to get court permission for anothe...
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