History News Network

With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Source: The Washington Post

2-12-18

‘I Am a Man’: The ugly Memphis sanitation workers’ strike that led to MLK’s assassination

The Memphis sanitation workers’ strike would win the support of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. — and lead to his assassination less than two months later.

Sign up for the HNN Newsletter

‘I Am a Man’: The ugly Memphis sanitation workers’ strike that led to MLK’s assassination