AFSCME and Dr. King

On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support AFSCME sanitation workers. That evening, he delivered his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech to a packed room of supporters. The next day, he was assassinated.

Read the “Mountaintop” Speech

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Labor

  • 1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Chronology

  • “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Dr. King delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis on April 3, 1968 — the day before he was assassinated.