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Martin Luther King Jr. Championed Civil Rights and Unions
… Kentuckians, including many union members, will march Wednesday in Frankfort in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was murdered April 4, 1968, in Memphis. … “The MLK Memorial March to Move” will travel along Capitol Avenue and conclude on the Capitol steps. Dr. King returned to … workweek was 60 to 70 hours.” He added , “During the ’30s, wages were a secondary issue; to have a job at all was the difference between the agony of starvation and a flicker of life. The nation, now so vigorous, reeled and tottered almost to …