When he was killed in 1968, he was planning a march of striking Memphis sanitation workers
[DOC] [TLE] Dr. King is assassinated - Apr 04, 1968 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers' strike and 
was on ... a workers' protest march led by King ended in violence and the death 
of an ... On April 4, 1968, he said, he realized that he was to be the fall guy for the
... [DOC] [TLE] Memphis spares sanitation jobs championed by MLK - CBS News [PAR] Jun 22, 2011 ... Memphis' sanitation workers, including some who marched with the Rev.