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King speaks in Memphis

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to a crowd in Memphis during the AFSCME Local 1733 sanitation workers' strike.
Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date: 1968-03
Collection: AFSCME Communications Department Records
Citation
Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007, “King speaks in Memphis,” I Am A Man, accessed February 22, 2025, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/items/show/176.