Volunteers by the dozens reportedly paid tribute on Monday to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by gathering to repair fire damage at the Camden, N.J., home where the late civil rights leader once lived. The plan is to turn the abandoned row house at 753 Walnut St. into a museum to commemorate the city’s connection to King, who called the place home while a seminary student, NJ.com reported, .
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An 18ft Shetland yawl was the goal – the type of sailing boat you take on adventures to islands. But when a pallet stacked with wood and tools arrived at the garage I’d rented near my flat in London, I wondered if I’d taken on too much. It was spring 2018 and I’d just returned from six months in Myanmar, where I’d been making a documentary for Channel 4 on the repression, violence and mass murder carried out by the authorities.
With the theme of “Love in Action,” the Prescott Martin Luther King Jr. Peace and Justice Committee is partnering with local community leaders, churches and other agencies to honor the federal holiday and legacy of the assassinated civil rights leader.