On this day in 1968 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 28, 2024 March 28, 1968 The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a civil rights march in Memphis, Tenn., March 28, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. made his last march. Joined by Ralph Abernathy and James Lawson, King led a march of sanitation workers in Memphis.
King spoke to them and others gathered: “You are reminding, not only Memphis, but you are reminding the nation that it is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages.” King wound up halting the march when some broke windows and looted. He halted the march and vowed to have a nonviolent protest on April 5. He didn’t live to see that day.This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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