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The Civil Rights Movement

In 1966, after several successes in the , King and others in the civil rights organizations tried to spread the movement to the North, with as its first destination. They denounced the discreet between blacks and whites applying (candidatant) for a in select neighborhoods. They organised but they met violent reactions, that led some to write that they received a worse reception than they had in the South. King was even hit by a during one march. Housing segregation would be banned in 1968 with the . 1968: King went to , Tennessee in support of the black garbage collectors (éboueurs), who had been on (grève) since March 12 for higher wages and better treatment. In one incident, black street repairmen received pay for two hours when they were sent home because of bad weather, but white employees were paid for the full day. King was while he was standing on his motel's second floor balcony. Two months after King's death, escaped convict was captured and confessed to the assassination before recanting (nier). The real reasons behind King's assassination remain a mystery.

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