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Martin Luther King Jr. had won victories on desegregation and voting rights and had been planning his Poor People's Campaign when he turned his attention to Memphis, the gritty city by the Mississippi River.              On Feb. 1,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRev. Martin Luther King Jr. had won victories on desegregation and voting rights and had been planning his Poor People's Campaign when he turned his attention to Memphis, the gritty city by the Mississippi River.\u003cbr/\u003e              On Feb. 1, 1968, two sanitation workers were crushed when a garbage truck compactor malfunctioned, sparking a strike by about 1,300 black sanitation workers weary of horrible working conditions and racist treatment in the dirtiest of municipal jobs. The words that would come to signify their protest _ \"I Am a Man\" _ were not a given with everyone in Memphis at that time.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We didn't have a place to shower, wash our hands, nothing,\" said Elmore Nickleberry, who at 86 still drives a truck for the department.\u003cbr/\u003e              King tried to lead a peaceful march on March 28, but it turned violent. Storefront windows were smashed, and police wielded clubs and tear gas.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"People got pushed over cars. It was bad during that time. Really bad,\" recalled Nicklebery. He said after his service in Vietnam, he couldn't find work and ended up working for the city of Memphis.\u003cbr/\u003e              Fifty years later, Nickelbery can still remember the power of King's voice and the hope he gave to the sanitation workers.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various Elmore Nickleberry standing in front of his home\u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"My name is Elmore Nickleberry.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - February 14, 1968\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Various Memphis sanitation plant gate and sanitation trucks parking lot\u003cbr/\u003e              ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Only thing I heard was other people say that two sanitation men got killed. And then everybody started saying, 'Why did they get killed? They said a truck backfired on them.'\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - February 14, 1968\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Various garbage truck and trash ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"During the strike we had to march. We marched from Beale Street down to Main street to City Hall. And during that time lot of people got hi and started running. I got hit on the arm, so I went down to the river.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - March 28, 1968 \u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various downtown Memphis and National Guard ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Memphis police clashing with marchers ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Alot of people they got dogs sicced on them. A lot them got hit. People got pushed over cars. It was bad during that time. Really bad.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - March 28, 1968 \u003cbr/\u003e              10. Various people being carried on stretchers ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - March 28, 1968\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Tight shot of Martin Luther King marching\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I heard Dr. Martin Luther King was coming to town, we started shouting, 'Oh, Dr. Martin Luther King coming down!' When he came, all us was happy because we figured if he came to town, we would get some better working conditions and things like that. Better trucks and working conditions and a place to shower.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - February 14, 1968 \u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various piled up garbage ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"No bathroom or nothing. We had to go to different places to hide to go to the bathroom, that's what happened.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - April 3, 1968 ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Various protesters marching with signs that read, \"Don't Buy\" and \"Keep Your Money.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Various National Guard outside church ++MUTE++\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e               \"It was bad during that time. Filthy. When I'd come home, I couldn't come into the house. I had to put on my clothes at the door.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Various framed photos and plaque on living room wall\u003cbr/\u003e              19. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I thought it was mighty bad I went and fight for my country, couldn't get a job. I thought it was mighty bad. So I couldn't find no job, I had to go to the city. I had to work somewhere. And my family is more important than anything.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee - April 3, 1968\u003cbr/\u003e              20. STILL MLK giving his final speech \u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tennessee – March 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              21. SOUNDBITE (English) Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker: \"When he spoke that, 'I'm going to the mountaintop he know something is going to happen. He could feel it. When he spoke like that, he had the power in his voice. When he talked he could feel it. I know he could feel it. When a man talks like that, and said things like he said, he could feel it. He knows something is going to happen to him, he really knows that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              22. 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