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Martin Luther King Jr. last campaign was for workers rights

September 4, 2017

A great article by Peter Dreiser of Common Dreams, tell how King went to Memphis to support African garbage workers who were on strike to protest unsafe conditions, abusive white supervisors and low wages.

 

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