The Western Maine Labor Council is sponsoring a showing of the great labor & civil rights documentary "At the River I Stand" on TUESDAY APRIL 8, 6PM at IBEW 567 union hall, 238 Goddard Rd in Lewiston. The movie highlights the 1968 strike of 1300 Sanitation workers in Memphis, Martin Luther King Jr’s involvement & ultimate death in the strike and the connections between labor rights & civil rights. A panel discussion will follow. PLEASE JOIN US & PLEASE INVITE OTHERS TO ATTEND. It’s a great movie. A flier is attached.

In portraying the historic 1968 strike of Memphis’s 1,300 sanitation workers, the award winning documentary “At the River I Stand,” brings to bear the connections between economic and civil rights. What began as a local labor fight swelled into a national symbol of the movement for economic justice for all African Americans-- a struggle waged by Martin Luther King Jr. in the final months of his life.

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For More Information: 207-786-0045 or you can read more about the film.

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