Martin Luther King, Jr., in the year before he was assassinated, condemned the Vietnam War, worked to organize a march against poverty, and led demonstrations to support Memphis garbage collectors, which took place just days before his death. This site examines these events and also offers a look at the FBI's "War on King" and King's speeches, and a radio documentary and transcript.

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american radioworks: king's last march, garbage workers demonstration, martin luther king, jr., martin luther king, jr., assassination, sanitation workers strike, sanitation workers strike, 1968

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)