A prominent member of the Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers union whose historic strike drew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the city where he was assassinated has died.
In this Feb. 1, 2018 photo Baxter Leach speaks during a ceremony honoring two colleagues who were killed on the job in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn. King was fatally shot on a hotel balcony in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Close friends say a prominent member of the Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers union whose historic strike was supported by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has died. Baxter Leach was 79.
Leach’s friend, Calvin Taylor, said he visited Leach at a hospital Monday. Leach had been battling cancer, Taylor said. Strikers used as their headquarters the historic Clayborn Temple, where they made their iconic placards that read, “I Am A Man.” The union later secured improved conditions and higher pay, but they continued to fight for retirement benefits for decades.
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