7. THE SANITATION WORKERS STRIKE continued on after the assassination.On April 8th, King's widow, Coretta Scott King, SCLC and union leaders led a march of 42,000 people through Memphis. On April 16th,a negotiated deal was made and the city recognized the union and workers were guaranteed a better wage.
8. THE U2 LYRICS in the song "Pride (In the Name of Love" by U2, commemorates the assassination: "Early morning, April 4/Shot rings out in the Memphis sky." Actually that's a mistake as the assassination took place in the early evening.
9. THE WORDS AND MUSIC THAT STOPPED THE RIOTS. Sadly, in the aftermath of the assassination, riots erupted in cities across the country. A speech in Indianapolis by Robert Kennedy is widely credited with preventing a riot there. A concert by James Brown in Boston is believed to have a calming effect.
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