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13185_9232_civil_rights_reel19
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1968
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A picket line during the Memphis sanitation strike of 1968 is shown underneath voiceover from Martin Luther King Jr. about the strike. Men wear "I am a man" signs. Police stand guard. National Guardsmen in tanks pass protestors. MLK addresses a cheering crowd at Mason Temple, giving his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. A gunshot and sirens play out over photos from MLK's assassination in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel. A photo of James Earl Ray.