Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to an estimated crowd of 9,000 people inside the newly expanded Recreation Hall on January 21, 1965. King told the crowd that “segregation is on its death bed today,” and the only question was “how costly the segregationist will make the funeral.”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. on April 4, 1968.


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