Memphis Sanitation Workers Remember (stand in solidarity with workers across the country)

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Run time: 01:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_oQqN1Sx4M   Posted on YouTube: April 04, 2011 By YouTube Member: afscme Views on YouTube: 1023   Posted on DU: April 29, 2011 By DU Member: Omaha Steve Views on DU: 228

 

Memphis sanitation workers from the famous 1968 strike stand in solidarity with workers across the country who are fighting the same battle for rights today.

Herbert Parson, Alvin Turner and Joe Warren, members of AFSCME Local 1733, shared their thoughts as part of events held in Memphis this year to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to oppose the attacks on public employees.

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1. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Supports Memphis Workers

Dr. King and the 1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Strike
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”


On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support AFSCME sanitation workers. That evening, he delivered his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech to a packed room of supporters. The next day, he was assassinated.

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