Walker worked closely with King and was the chief strategist for the 1963 Birmingham campaign, which turned out to be one the most influential moments for the civil rights struggle.

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign caught fire early Monday morning.

After two Memphis sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed by a malfunctioning truck, many protested the city. King joined in support of labor rights.

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A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday and suffered significant damage.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered ...