Followers honor King's memory with late march in Memphis
Thousands join a commemorative march in Memphis marking the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death. Leaders include Rev Samuel Kyles and Jesse Jackson as participants carry banners, singing civil rights anthems. James Nelson, 34, carries an I Am A Man replica while notes recall King's planned 1968 march and the violence that followed.
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Billy” Kyles
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Boat pilots strike across Mississippi and tributaries
Towboat pilots from the boards of Pilots Agree nationwide union walked off the job from the mouth of the Mississippi to Iowa after 98 companies refused to negotiate. The strike targets higher pay and better conditions for about a third of the nation’s 3,000 river pilots and captains.
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