Moment of silence set to honor Memphis sanitation workers
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) " Rain was falling in Memphis, Tennessee, when two sanitation workers picking up trash sought shelter in the back of a city garbage truck on Feb. 1, 1968.The poorly-maintained truck's compactor malfunctioned, crushing Echol Cole and Robert Walker to death.Fed up with bad working conditions, low pay and a lack of benefits, 1,300 black sanitation workers went on strike. Their walk-out drew support from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who came to [...]
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