5:00 P.M.-- March 26, 1969
Mr. Ray Nelson, Nelson Southern Printing, called and said a union representative
had been to him and requested that he print 15,000 copies of the following handbill.
Mr. Nelson told him that he was so busy that it would be late Monday before he
could have it ready which would not do him any good in advertising for his rally.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
We represent-- His Soul Goes Marching On
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis,
Tennessee, as he stood at the side of striking sanitation workers.
Today hundreds of Charleston hospital workers are fighting the same battle
Dr. King was fighting when he died-- the battle against poverty wages and for dignity
and honor. These hospital workers have been driven from their jobs by powers who have
ganged up against them to keep them at $1.30 an hour and to keep them from their rights
to join a union of their choice.
The spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., calls for justice. On Monday, March 31
at 7:30 p.m. there will be a Memorial Service and Rally at Fourth Baptist Church,
Elizabeth Street corner of Charlotte Street. Justice must triumph. Dr. King's struggle
must not be forgotten.
Speakers: Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Local Clergy, and Striking Hospital Workers.
