Martin Luther King's final campaign in Memphis was a march into a violent maelstrom of hatred and righteous defiance.
~Miami Herald
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that campaign, for the recognition of the human right of Men and women to
organize into a collective bargaining organization, a union.
On March 28th, 1968 The Reverend Martin Luther King Lead
a March for the striking Sanitation Workers in the city of Memphis,
and for their right to organize.
their slogan "I AM A MAN"! still resonates today, when a leading
presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, non-chalantly declares:
"Corporations are people, my friend".
on April 4th, 1968 a day like today, the reverend Martin Luther King, Jr
was assasinated while on a successful mission to uphold the Universal Human Right of
Labor to Organize.
we watch this video with our children
so that they may understand why we mobilze today:
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