City of Memphis v. Martin Luther King, Jr
Title
City of Memphis v. Martin Luther King, Jr
Description
This exhibit is a flyer distributed to sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, asking them to "March for Justice and Jobs." Included are directions for the route to be followed and instructions to the marchers to use "soul-force which is peaceful, loving, courageous, yet militant." This exhibit is a flyer distributed in Memphis, Tennessee, requesting volunteer assistance and offering instructions to sanitation workers and their sympathizers for the duration of a strike.
Publisher
National Archives and Records Administration
Date
1968
Source
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/memphis-v-mlk
Text
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Community On the Move for Equality INVITE YOU To "March for Justice and Jobs"
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1968
9:00 A.M.
From Clayborn Temple A.M.E. Church
280 Hernando
We ask you to stay away from work or school and walk with more than 10,000 people who want Memphis once and for all to learn that it must be a city for all people.
A man is a man. God requires that a man be treated like a man. Memphis must do so in work, play, education, housing, by the police and in all other ways—the rights of each man must be upheld.
This will be a march of dignity. The only force we will use is soul-force which is peaceful, loving, courageous, yet militant.
MARCH INSTRUCTIONS:
Come to the church from Vance Street only.
THE ROUTE: Hernando to Beale. To Main. To Poplar. To Second. To Beale. To Hernando to Clayborn Temple where we will disperse.
Be ready to follow the instructions of the March Marshalls who will wear yellow arm bands.
We will march in the street.
Each organization can prepare a banner, no bigger than 6' x 3' attached to at least two poles, which can carry the sign up above the heads of the marchers.
Walk gently, do not crowd those in front, when those stop, you stop.
URGENTLY NEEDED
VOLUNTEERS
To work in the Strike Office at Clayborn Temple A.M.E. Church, 280 Hernando Street.
WE NEED:
Typists
People to answer telephones
People with cars to run errands
People to help distribute food and clothing
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SANITATION WORKERS AND SYMPATHIZERS:
FOOD: If you need food, come to the church between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.
CLOTHING: If you need clothing, come to the church between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.
UTILITY BILLS: If you have a cut-off notice for water, gas, or electricity, bring the notice to the Strike Office.
MEETINGS: Mass meetings will be held every night at 7:30 P.M. at various churches. Listen to WDIA or WLOK for the location of the meeting.
UNITED WE STAND—DIVIDED WE FALL
COME TO CLAYBORN TEMPLE
"STRIKE HEADQUARTERS"
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1968
9:00 A.M.
From Clayborn Temple A.M.E. Church
280 Hernando
We ask you to stay away from work or school and walk with more than 10,000 people who want Memphis once and for all to learn that it must be a city for all people.
A man is a man. God requires that a man be treated like a man. Memphis must do so in work, play, education, housing, by the police and in all other ways—the rights of each man must be upheld.
This will be a march of dignity. The only force we will use is soul-force which is peaceful, loving, courageous, yet militant.
MARCH INSTRUCTIONS:
Come to the church from Vance Street only.
THE ROUTE: Hernando to Beale. To Main. To Poplar. To Second. To Beale. To Hernando to Clayborn Temple where we will disperse.
Be ready to follow the instructions of the March Marshalls who will wear yellow arm bands.
We will march in the street.
Each organization can prepare a banner, no bigger than 6' x 3' attached to at least two poles, which can carry the sign up above the heads of the marchers.
Walk gently, do not crowd those in front, when those stop, you stop.
URGENTLY NEEDED
VOLUNTEERS
To work in the Strike Office at Clayborn Temple A.M.E. Church, 280 Hernando Street.
WE NEED:
Typists
People to answer telephones
People with cars to run errands
People to help distribute food and clothing
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SANITATION WORKERS AND SYMPATHIZERS:
FOOD: If you need food, come to the church between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.
CLOTHING: If you need clothing, come to the church between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.
UTILITY BILLS: If you have a cut-off notice for water, gas, or electricity, bring the notice to the Strike Office.
MEETINGS: Mass meetings will be held every night at 7:30 P.M. at various churches. Listen to WDIA or WLOK for the location of the meeting.
UNITED WE STAND—DIVIDED WE FALL
COME TO CLAYBORN TEMPLE
"STRIKE HEADQUARTERS"
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Citation
“City of Memphis v. Martin Luther King, Jr,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed May 16, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5947.
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