Decision of the United States Supreme Court batting segregation in public transportation. My street mate on that Greyhound Bus you must understand in 1961 black people and white people could be seated together. When you get out of washington to travel to virginia to North Carolina, alabama, mississippi, wewere on our way to new orleans. So we didnt have any problems for the most part until we got to rockville. And a little place in charlotte North Carolina, it was a sizable city, a young africanamerican man attempted to get a shoeshine in a socalled white barbershop that was in a socalled white waiting room. He was arrested and taken to jail. The next day the jury dismissed the charges against him but my seatmate and two of us arrived at the Greyhound Bus station in South Carolina and a group of white men met us in the doorway and started beating us and left us lying in a pool of blood and the local officials came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges andwe said no ,
Great social movement. He is the only american who is honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that, you know, practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king, but the question is that id like to the address right in this setting is who really was Martin Luther king. Because, one of the advantages of using a a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember. It should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a historical site is so important, and that is why when coretta king asked me to edit the papers she understood that what in the long run were going to survive are the papers that Martin Luther king produced in his lifetime. So all of that is what i would call the legacy of Martin Luther king. And if we want to get close to who he really was, thats the best window that we have into the past. So Martin Luther king pr
About Martin Luther king jr. s upbringing. This took place in atlanta where Martin Luther king jr. And his father were both pastors. This class is an hour. Who is Martin Luther king . When we look at Martin Luther king, there is one side of him that is a famous individual. He is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. Hes the person really was the most influential leader of a great social movement. He is the only american who was honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is that id like to address, right in this setting, is who really was Martin Luther king . Because one of the advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember, it should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a site, a historical site is so important. That is w
So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is that id like to address, right in this setting, is who really was Martin Luther king . Because one of the advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember, it should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a site, a historical site is so important. That is why the king papers project, when Coretta Scott king named me to edit his papers she understood that in the long run what would survive were the papers that Martin Luther king produced during his lifetime. So, all of that is part of what i would call the legacy of Martin Luther king. If we want to get close to who he really was, thats the best window that we really have into the past. So Martin Luther king produced a lot of papers. One of the things that has kept me busy for th
Place at Ebenezer Baptist church in atlanta where Martin Luther king jr. And his father were both pastors. Who is Martin Luther king . When you look at Martin Luther king theres one side of him that is a famous individual. He is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. He is the person who really was the most influential leader of a great social movement. He is the only american who was honored with a National Holiday in his name. So there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther king. But the question is that id like to address right in this setting is who really was Martin Luther king . Because one of the advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. It shouldnt be about names and dates that you remember, it should be about the study of the things that survive from the past. Thats why a sight, a historical sight, is so important. Thats why the king papers project when Coretta Scott