Remembering The Reason For This Holiday

 On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what would be his final speech at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. He would be killed by an assassin's bullet the following day. 

King was in Tennessee to support sanitation workers who were demanding better wages and working conditions.

King had not initially planned to deliver his speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” but he changed his mind after seeing the audience that had gathered.

“All we say to America is, ‘Be true to what you said on paper,’" King said...