Civil rights activist Elmore Nickelberry dies at 92
01/15/24 at 03:00 AM
Civil rights activist Elmore Nickelberry dies at 92
WREG Channel 3 TV, Memphis, by Megan Fayard and Ashley Paul; 12/30/23
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elmore Nickelberry, a civil rights icon who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for higher pay and better working conditions for sanitation workers, has died at the age of 92, according to his family. ... [He] went into the hospital around Thanksgiving ... Soon after, he was placed in hospice.