City officials and workers bow their heads, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, in Hallandale Beach, Fla., during a Moment of Silence to honor two Memphis, Tenn. sanitation workers killed by a malfunctioning garbage truck on Feb. 1, 1968. Echol Cole and Robert Walker, who died in 1968, and the sanitation workers who went on a strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, 50 years ago are being remembered as courageous men who made important contributions to the civil rights movement. The City of Hallandale Beach was one of four of South Florida cities that participated in a nationwide Moment of Silence. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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