On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated by a hateful white supremacist in Memphis, Tennessee while he stood on the balcony of the Loraine Motel. The night before, he gave the following speech to Memphis Sanitation workers and their families who were striking for equal pay and working conditions as their white counterparts.
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It Happened In Tennessee…
I find this just deplorable. Of all the claims to fame, women’s suffrage– home of Andrew Jackson– and we have to have this blemish on our state’s name. RIP Martin Luther King, Jr. You paved the way for an end to racism and the beginning of a new era of justice for all…