Humans of UNAC/UHCP: Desiree Nack, RN
STATEMENT: Martin Luther King Gone 50 Years
We remember Dr. King and the sanitation workers for whom he gave his life. Dr. King’s belief in equality has not yet been realized. May we all take a moment today to consider how we can continue to work toward his dream.
I Am a Man
Martin Luther King told the Memphis sanitation workers, “it is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages.”
Martin Luther King’s Last Speech Addressed Death and Workers’ Strike in Memphis
“Now our struggle is for genuine equality, which means economic equality.” Martin Luther King, Jr., March 18, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee It rained in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 31, 1968. For about an hour. Twenty-two black sewer workers were sent home for the day, before the rain stopped. Their white coworkers stayed on the job. The […]
King’s Alliance With AFSCME President Jerry Wurf
“The time is always right do what is right.” Martin Luther King, Jr., September 21, 1967 Over the course of this series honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination in Memphis, we have emphasized his many connections to the labor movement. Many are still unaware of just why […]
Honorary Longshoreman Martin Luther King
“Poverty, after all is not only among the unemployed. Most of the poverty stricken are people who are working every day.” Martin Luther King, Jr., September 21, 1967 Addressing a large gathering at the International Longshoreman and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10’s hall in 1967, King declared, “I don’t feel like a stranger here in […]
Rev. Martin Luther King Remembered: The Unrelenting Struggle to Oslo
“I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind.” -Martin Luther King, Jr., December 10, 1964 In Dec. 1964, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., joined workers on strike in Atlanta, Ga., and tied the fight for economic justice to the civil rights movement, […]