LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Programa de vigilancia nacional del Pentágono fue revelado
• Bush le ordena a las Fuerzas Armadas que ataquen los intereses iraníes en Estados Unidos
• Bush: El Congreso no puede detener escalada de la guerra de Irak
• Dos colaboradores de Saddam Hussein fueron ejecutados
• Mientras Rice se reúne con Olmert, Israel expande los asentamientos
• Se reúnen 3.500 personas para conferencia sobre reforma de los medios de comunicación
• Rebeldes maoístas se unen al gobierno nepalés
• Alice Coltrane, una leyenda de la música, muere a los 69 años

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 3, 1968: "Let Us Develop a Kind of Dangerous Unselfishness"

  
  

  In March of 1968, King came to Memphis to support striking African-American sanitation workers who were demanding better working conditions and facing massive resistance from white city officials. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 — days before he was to lead a march in Memphis. The night before he was killed he gave his "I Have Been to the Mountaintop" speech. [includes rush transcript]

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• Former Sanitation Worker and Community Organizers Recall the 1968 "I Am A Man" Sanitation Worker Strike & King’s Last Hours in Memphis

  
  

  In our special broadcast from Memphis, we speak with former sanitation worker and union leader Taylor Rogers and community organizers in Memphis who led a local black power group called the Invaders. Charles Cabbage and Coby Smith were working with Dr. King to organize the march in Memphis in support of the sanitation workers. [includes rush transcript]

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• Rev. Jesse Jackson on Witnessing the Assassination of Dr. King

  
  

  As a young aide, the Reverend Jesse Jackson was with Dr. King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. We speak to Rev. Jackson about the killing he witnessed before his eyes. [includes rush transcript]

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• Retired Memphis Policeman: No Black Officers Assigned to Martin Luther King on Day of Assassination

  
  

  We speak with retired Memphis police sergeant Jerry Williams about the day Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. Williams, who worked in the homicide bureau, was twice assigned to head King’s security team on his visits to Memphis, but on the day he was assassinated, Williams says no black officers were assigned to King’s detail. [includes rush transcript]

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• National Civil Rights Museum: The Motel Where Dr. King was Shot Today a Museum that Preserves his Legacy

  
  

  The Lorraine Motel is today part of the National Civil Rights Museum. On the balcony outside room 306, where Dr. King last stood, museum co-founder Judge D’army Bailey talks about Dr. King’s legacy and the long struggle for the museum that honors it. [includes rush transcript]

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