The 2008 AFL-CIO Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance held in Memphis, TN

 


Jeffrey Austin, Administrative Organizer, poses victoriously after his first airplane flight.

The Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered.

The cars Martin Luther King, Jr. and others rode in to the motel on the day King was shot are part of the museum's exhibits.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Museum in Memphis, formerly the Lorraine Motel where he was shoit and killed.

The Shelby County Justice Center, site of the candlelight vigil.

President Nicholas at the Candlelight Vigil at the Shelby Courthouse.


The Candlelight Vigil at the Shelby Courthouse.


William Lucy (right) and one of the original strikers and former president of the Sanitation Workers' Union of Memphis.

All attendees were CBTU members. Here CBTU member and E-Board memeber, Cynthia Parker ...

Original strikers.


Darlene Lawrence, retiree Adele Butler, Executrive Vice President Michele Mills, , Administrative organizers, David Shahedy and Jeffrey Austin, and Capri Lanswdowne, copy & mail room services, were all volunteers at the Child Advocacy Center.

Volunteers at the Child Advocacy Center, sorted and counted over 2,000 teddy bears for sexually and physically abused children age 3 to 17. The teddy bears are used to help these children cope and become children rather than victims.

 

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