Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. On April 4, 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. While much of the mainstream media focuses on his death and the individual who supposedly killed Rev. King, it is important to remember that he was participating in a predominantly black sanitation workers strike in Memphis for union recognition. This labor struggle was an ongoing revolution demanding fair wages, racial, social and economic equality, and, of course, full-employment or the right to work with dignity. Like Rev. King, throughout its history, the core tactics of the labor movement have been largely nonviolent. Strikes, demonstrations, boycotts, work stoppages,…
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