I Met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965
I’m thinking about Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 14, 1965, I met Dr. King at a week long training in Atlanta, Georgia. We were there to prepare for registering […]
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Meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. June 1965
Yesterday was Martin Luther King’s birthday and his holiday is today. I had the joy of meeting him at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference training in Atlanta, GA in 1965. […]
Afternoon Day 4 – Montgomery
After lunch on the bus from Tuskegee we arrive in Montgomery. We have been to two museums, a college tour and a tour of Booker T. Washington’s home so far today. The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial, The Children’s Museum and the Rosa Parks Museum lie ahead this afternoon.
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In April of 1965 I decided I’d go to the South to register black voters for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They sent each of us a reading list, a packing list and a note about how much money we needed. My parents sent me to the University of California during the fall of 1964. My mother gave up being a stay at home mom for a job at the post office to pay my college fees. I knew I couldn’t ask them for the money for the trip.
Sherie Labedis 