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Martin Luther King Jr. was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest inhumane treatment. AP You are viewing 1 of 6 ...
The son of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the National Civil Rights Museum Thursday on the 56th anniversary of his father's assassination. Standing at the exact point where ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and ...
Thousands of pages of FBI files detailing surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are now public. These files were ...
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday: "Join the Mid-South Food Bank as we honor the service of Martin Luther King Jr. by serving our communities" begins this invitation to volunteers who would like to ...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. broke away from his work on a Poor People's Campaign to answer a call from Memphis.