On April 3, 1968...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Memphis, Tennessee, assisting in a labor dispute involving the city's mostly black sanitation public works employees, who were on strike. While there, he went to the Mason Temple and gave his famous "I've Been To The Mountaintop" speech.
He advocated much of the same ideals he had spent his career fight for: equal rights for African-Americans, universal brotherhood and nonviolence. His speech was full of hope for the future.
However, towards the end, the speech took a slightly ominous turn. After referencing a bomb threat against his plane, that had delayed his flight into Memphis, King said:
He advocated much of the same ideals he had spent his career fight for: equal rights for African-Americans, universal brotherhood and nonviolence. His speech was full of hope for the future.
However, towards the end, the speech took a slightly ominous turn. After referencing a bomb threat against his plane, that had delayed his flight into Memphis, King said:
Less than 24 hours later, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be dead, struck down by an assassins bullet as he stood on the balcony of his Memphis motel.
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