for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow on april 3rd, in 1968, the mason temple in memphis was hacked. memphis was a city in mourning, grappling with unrest over the deaths of two black employees of a memphis department of public work. employees that were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths. today, under the slogan i am a man, more than 1000 black appointees were on strike, and tensions were rising. despite a bad thunderstorm that april 9th, the room was filled. there was one man that the crowd wanted to hear from. martin luther king junior, who visited memphis twice before. he was trying to help the black workers get a living wage, and decent working conditions. that night, he was back. he was delivering what would be his final speech, the night before he was assassinated. dr. king began his famous mountaintop speech by saying that something is happening in memphis, s
unknown is always good to see you, my friend. thanks to you for joining us this evening. on april 3, 1968, the mason temple in memphis was packed. memphis was a city in mourning. it was grappling over the deaths of two employees of the memphis department of public work, employees who were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths today.th under the slogan i am a man more than 1,000 black employees were on strike and tensions were rising. so despite a bad thunderstorm that april night the room was filled, and there was one man the crowd wanted to hear from. martin luther king jr. had visitedhe memphis twice before. he was trying to help the black workers get a living wage and decent working condition, and that night he was back, delivering what would be his final speech the night before he was assassinated. dr. king began his famous mountaintop speech by saying something is happening in memphis, something h
a press conference last night, in the spirit of that strike in memphis, april of 1968, they declared i am a man. it is a simple declaration that this victim, killed by a system of oppression was a man. he was a person, just like everybody else. the system that killed him must change. reverend al sharpton, founder of the national action network, delivered the eulogy today. it began with a reference to dr. king in memphis, those 55 years ago. in the city that what has happened to the dream? throughout his eulogy, he recalled history, black civil rights history, in order to make sense of why the crowd was gathered in memphis today. why was tyre nichols dead? why have his parents lost their son, who loved sunsets and photography, and skateboarding.
and honor nichols life and declare as they did in a press conference last night in the spirit of that strike in memphis 1968, they declared, i am a man. it is a simple declaration that this victim killed by a system of oppression was a man, a person just like everyone else. and the system that killed him must change. reverend al sharpton, founder of the national action network, delivered the eulogy today. he began with a reference to dr. king in memphis those 55 years ago. in the city that enslaved the dreamer, what is happening to the dream? throughout his eulogy the reverend recalled history, black civil rights history to make sense of why the crowd was gathered in memphis today, why tyre nichols is dead, why their parents lost their son who loved sunsets, skateboarding and
it is a simple declaration that this victim, killed by a system of oppression was a man. he was a person, just like everybody else. the system that killed him must change. reverend al sharpton, founder of the national action network, delivered the eulogy today. it began with a reference to dr. king in memphis, those 55 years ago. in the city that what has happened to the dream? throughout his eulogy, he recalled history, black civil rights history, in order to make sense of why the crowd was gathered in memphis today. why was tyre nichols dead? why have his parents lost their son, who loved sunsets and photography, and skateboarding. most of, all his mother. why was tyre nichols sun no longer has a father. why, despite this tragedy, have entire communities, whole cities continued to live in