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iv King speaking to strikers and supporters on March 18, 1968. Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries.
18 Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956. Burton Silverman (born 1928). Graphite on paper, composition: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (27 × 23 cm). Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the Robert Lehman Foundation Inc., 1994. © Burton Philip Silverman/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Digital image provided by Burton Silverman.
46 King at Highander Library in 1957 with (left to right) Pete Seeger, Charis Horton, Rosa Parks, and Ralph David Abernathy. Photo reprinted with permission of the Highlander Research and Education Center.
51 “King at a Communist Training School.” Photo reprinted with permission of the Highlander Research and Education Center.
82 King with a photo of Mahatma Gandhi at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference office in Atlanta, 1966. Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. Photo by Bob Fitch by permission.
112 Martin and Coretta Scott King in the March Against Fear in Mississippi, July 1966. Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. Photo by Bob Fitch by permission. Copyright 1966 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Copyright renewed 1994 Coretta Scott King.
134 I Am A Man; Striking members of Memphis Local 1733 hold signs whose slogan symbolized the sanitation workers’ campaign in 1968. © Richard L. Copley, reprinted with permission.
139 Scab sanitation workers empty garbage in a sanitation truck, guarded by police during the Memphis sanitation workers strike. Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries.
160 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. takes a moment for sober reflection before delivering his speech “The Other America” to the audience at Grosse Pointe High School. The Tony Spina Collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.
165 After a police attack and a riot on March 28, 1968, the Tennessee National Guard occupied Memphis, but members of AFSCME Local 1733 continued to march. Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries.
177 After King’s assassination on April 4, 1968, Walter Reuther, James Lawson, and tens of thousands of others demonstrated in Memphis on April 8. Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.
178 Marchers with signs reading “Honor King: End Racism!” and “Union Justice Now!” Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries.
185 On June 19, 1968, an interracial mass march demonstrated support of the Poor People’s Campaign on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. © Jim Pickerell, courtesy of the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.
186 Crowd with “Local 282 UFWA-AFL-CIO Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” banner and other signs. Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries.
188 Woman in front of Lorraine Motel with sign reading “Dr. King Died So You Might Live.” Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries.