National Civil Rights Museum | At the Lorraine Motel
There’s plenty of history in the making here at the National Civil Rights Museum. The National Civil Rights Museum is closely monitoring efforts to declassify national intelligence files related …
The 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike That Drew MLK to Memphis
Jul 21, 2020 · With the slogan, "I am a man," workers in Memphis sought financial justice in a strike that fatefully became Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final cause.
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers
Sep 23, 2016 · It gives the response of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Hosea Williams, Reverend James Bevel, Reverend James Orange, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Bernard Lee to …
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike | The Martin Luther King, Jr ...
The night before his assassination in April 1968, Martin Luther King told a group of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee: “We’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until …
Tennessee: The Lorraine Motel - U.S. National Park Service
On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated here at the Lorraine Motel, just a day after delivering his prophetic "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech at the …
About the National Civil Rights Museum | Memphis, TN
The National Civil Rights Museum, located at the Lorraine Motel, honors and preserves the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We chronicle the American civil rights movement and tell the …
“I Am A Man” Dr. King and The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike
The Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., went to Memphis to support the sanitation workers. He marched with them and made speeches. During the marches, many workers wore …
National Civil Rights Museum - Wikipedia
Civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in early April 1968, while working to organize protests around the ongoing Memphis sanitation …
Memphis sanitation workers’ strike | Causes, Result, Summary ...
Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, 64-day labor conflict in the winter and spring of 1968 that brought Martin Luther King, Jr., to Memphis, Tennessee. The striking workers sought higher …
King Jr., Martin Luther | Tennessee Encyclopedia
Oct 8, 2017 · Internationally acclaimed spokesman of the Civil Rights movement Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968. King was in …