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44 years ago today, members of AFSCME Local 1695 marched through Berkeley in support of the Memphis Sanitation strike and in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated days earlier while organizing for the strike.

From The Daily Californian archives:

44 years ago today, members of AFSCME Local 1695 marched through Berkeley in support of the Memphis Sanitation strike and in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated days earlier while organizing for the strike.

(Photo by Mike Lovas)

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