On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech, supporting more than 1,300 sanitation workers in Memphis.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today April 3, 2023 APRIL 3, 1968 In Memphis, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech, supporting more than 1,300 sanitation workers striking to protest their poor working conditions and wages. More than 2,000 came to hear him speak.
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