Warehouse Workers for Justice to hold vigil in downtown Joliet on anniversary of Dr. King's assassination
The local group Warehouse Workers for Justice will commemorate the anniversary of Dr. King's assassination with a vigil in Downtown Joliet April 4, 2011. See the Warehouse Workers for Justice press release for more details: "Vigil planned to commemorate MLK dream on April 4 Warehouse Workers call to Revive the American Dream FOR RELEASE ON: April 1, 2011 Press contact: Abraham Mwaura, Warehouse Workers for Justice: 312.775.2154 abe@warehouseworker.org On April 4th, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he had gone to stand with sanitation workers demanding their dream: The right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a better life. In celebration of the life and dream of MLK Jr. Warehouse Workers for Justice is hosting a vigil at the Will County Courthouse calling to revive the American dream on Monday, April 4th at 12 noon. The vigil is part of a national day of action ...