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On 8 April, Coretta Scott King, along with other family members and Ralph Abernathy, heads a silent march of 42,000 people to support the Memphis sanitation workers' strike and to honor King.
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April 3, 1968
King delivers his final speech
April 4, 1968
King is assassinated at Lorraine Motel
April 7, 1968
National Day of Mourning to honor King
April 8, 1968
Silent march to honor King, support santitation workers
April 9, 1968
King’s funeral in Atlanta, Georgia
April 16, 1968
Settlement reached in Memphis sanitation workers’ strike
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