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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-28-08 08:39 AM
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Today in labor history March 28 MLK leads the I AM A MAN strike

March 28

March 28, 1919 - Six hundred courthouse employees in Minneapolis attended an organizational meeting of the Municipal Employees Union to discuss the benefits of unionization.

March 28, 1968 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march by striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. They carried signs stating, “I am a man.” Violence at the march persuaded King to return to Memphis the following week. On April 4, 1968, after speaking to the strikers, he was assassinated. For more on Dr. King and the Memphis strike, visit the AFSCME website, http://www.afscme.org/about/1029.cfm
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MadLinguist Donating Member (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-28-08 08:51 AM
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1. Feb 12 or March 28? eom
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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-28-08 09:25 AM
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2. The strike started on Feb 12

Dr King arrived March 28

Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn. Violence during the march persuades him to return to Memphis the following week, where he was assassinated - 1968
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