Labor and civil rights. A plantation in the city ; Dr. King, labor, and the civil rights movement ; Struggles of the working poor ; Standing at the crossroads ; On strike for respect ; Hambone's meditations: the failure of community ; Testing the social gospel -- Fighting for the working poor. Minister to the valley: the poor people's campaign ; Baptism by fire ; Ministers and manhood ; Convergence ; Escalation: the youth movement ; "All labor has dignity" ; "Something dreadful" -- Jericho Road is a dangerous road. Chaos in the bluff city ; "The movement lives or dies in Memphis" ; State of siege ; Shattered dreams and promised lands ; "A crucifixion event" ; Reckonings ; "We have got the victory" -- Epilogue: How we remember King.