Memphis King Shot During Solidarity March Sparks National Mourning
Dr Martin Luther King Jr in Memphis to back a sanitation workers march was fatally shot. President Johnson proclaimed a day of mourning while violence erupted in over 100 communities. Federal troops and National Guard were deployed as the nation grieved and sanitation workers faced a tense future.
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Organized Labor Movement
Memphis
King
Johnson
Washington, DC
Sanitation Workers
Dr. King
Memph is March described as a moving memorial procession
Al Van Hagen of AFSCME District 51 in Cincinnati recalls the Memphis March as a memorial procession with 42,000 people from across the nation. He notes the silent, somber pageant and lists AFSCME officials from Ohio and local districts who attended supporting Local 1733.
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al van Hagen
Afscme
Cincinnati
Ohio
al Bilik
Ohio Public Employees Council 8
Columbus
John Kelly
Youngstown
William McNulty
Cleveland
David Jones
Dayton
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ohio Public Employees Council No. 8
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Henry Fleischer
Washington, D.C
Local Communications Workers Plan Actions In Nationwide Strike
CWA and local unions ready strike action over wage inequities since 1966, with April 12 initially set and moved to April 18 for King mourning. Leaders cite company proposals as insufficient while safety and protection for workers in troubled areas raise concerns. Community allies pledge solidarity through Cincinnati AFL-CIO linkage.
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Cincinnati
Gilligan Banquet Report Delayed. Ohio Labor Council Back Gilligan
The Southern Ohio Participation Banquet hosted by the Cincinnati AFL CIO Labor Council and area unionists was postponed from April 9 in tribute to Dr. Martin King. The May 7 Ohio primary is framed as a key contest to elect John J. Gilligan, viewed as a real Democrat for the U.S. Senate, with union members urged to vote.
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Kenton
Kentucky
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Cincinnati
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U.S
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Ohio Democratic Party
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Senate
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