Memphis dreams searching for the promised land

"When Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968 Memphis--like Dallas in 1963--became a symbol of hope extinguished. This program examines the Civil Rights Movement and the last few years of Martin Luther King's life with emphasis on the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee and the killing of America's greatest civil rights leader, its impact on Afro-Americans and the nation."
"When Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Memphis became a symbol of hope extinguished. This program reveals the tragic story of the African-American experience, documenting the brutal reality of slavery, the milestones in the heroic struggle for fundamental rights, and the killing of America's greatest civil rights leader. Also highlights the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike."