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  Letter: Memphis Mayor Henry Loeb to Ethel Sengstacke, 1968

  Letter from Henry Loeb, Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, to Ethel Sengstacke dated March 25, 1968, in reply to her letter on the Memphis sanitation workers' strike. He supports a city-wide referendum on the union dues issue.

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  March for Justice and Jobs flier, Memphis, 1968

  Flier for the March for Justice and Jobs that took place on March 28, 1968, during the Memphis sanitation workers' strike, Memphis, Tennessee. The march was led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Community on the Move for Equality and was meant to be a major push by the Black community to break the deadlock in the strike.

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  Poor People's Campaign itinerary, 1968

  Itinerary of the Poor People's Campaign from Memphis, Tennessee, to Washington, D.C., May 1 to May 12, 1968.

  The campaign for economic justice for poor Americans of all backgrounds was conceived in 1967 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and, after a visit to Marks, Mississippi, in March 1968, King decided to start the campaign there. After his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968, the SCLC decided to proceed with the campaign, which ended in a weeks-long protest in Washington, D.C. that continued until police cleared the camp known as Resurrection City on June 24.

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  Program: Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial service, Memphis, 1968

  Program of "the service of memorial and dedication for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.", at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee, held on May 2, 1968. The service, led by Coretta Scott King and Dr. Ralph Abernathy, launched the Poor People's Campaign.