The Memphis sanitation strike, February 1968 A short video history of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike of African-American refuse workers, during which Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. Video Credit: Working Class History RT: 01:21 | LABOR TALK
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In 1968, Memphis sanitation worker Elmore Nickelberry took part in an historic strike to protest hazardous working conditions. He recalls the sense of hope Dr. King instilled as he marched alongside the workers, as told in Nickelberry's full story: https://comca.st/34dVKUk | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
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