The death of these men, together with many numerous racial and working-class injustices, contributed to Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) on March 18, participating in a city-wide march to honor these men, support the Memphis Sanitation Strike, and address the human rights violations which led to their deaths.
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Echol Cole was one of the two sanitation workers killed in Memphis, Tennessee on Tuesday, February 1, 1968.
Citing years of poor treatment, discrimination, dangerous working conditions, and the horrifying recent deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker, some 1300 black sanitation workers walked off the job in protest.
Nat King Cole | Cole Porter | Natalie Cole | Keyshia Cole | Gary Cole | Kenneth Cole | Lloyd Cole | Thomas Cole | Kenneth Cole Productions | G. D. H. Cole | Cole Haan | Cole Harbour | Cheryl Cole | USS Cole bombing | River Cole, West Midlands | Jack Cole | Cole South | Ashley Cole | River Cole | Norris Cole | Margaret Cole | Lowry Cole | George Cole | Dylan and Cole Sprouse | Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia | Buddy Cole | W. Sterling Cole | Taylor Cole | Steve Cole | Stephanie Cole |