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Ihe strikers were also supported by a group of black ministers, connected with the Memphis I.nte.rdencminationa1r Ministerial Alliance, who adopted the name cm: odmmcy on the Hove for I-Jquality!. It was members of this group that were instrunental in bringing Dr. King to Mezphis. On March 3, 1968, the Pevererd Jo lewson f the Centenary Phtfrodist Chmch,-Phmphis, and member of onus, stated on a television program HHBQ-NJ that he wanted to bring 1!:. King and other heads of civil rights organizations! to Harphis in an effort to unify the entire black ccmnunity behind the denands of the strikers HQ 157-9146-X23!. The intervention of these various black ccrmnnity organizations caused the city of Msnphis to be concerned about the racial overtones of the strike and the possibility of violence R. King made his first visit to Memphis in support of the strike on the night of I-hrch 18, 1968. On that occasion, in addressing an estimated crowd of 9,000 to 12,000 people at