Reflecting on a strike by sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, shortly before he was assassinated, King said, "The person who picks up our garbage is, in the final analysis, as significant as the physician, for if he doesn't do his job, diseases are rampant.
Después de una huelga de trabajadores sanitarios en Memphis, Tennessee, poco antes de su asesinato, King reflexionó: "La persona que recoge nuestra basura es, a final de cuentas, tan importante como el médico, pues, si no hiciera su trabajo, las enfermedades se multiplicarían.