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Demands for safer working conditions, fair wages drew Martin Luther King to Memphis
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on January 21, 2013
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Today we commemorate the life of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. who was assassinated in Memphis, TN in April 1968. The civil rights leader was visiting Memphis to support hundreds of city sanitation workers in their demands for safer working conditions and dignity on the job.