When I Met Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • 📰 NewYorker
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 40 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Qulity Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 67%

Charlayne Hunter-Gault writes about a chance meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., during the summer of 1961, several months after she became one of the first Black students to enroll at the University of Georgia. NewYorkerArchive

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

My one and only encounter with Martin Luther King, Jr., was during a chance meeting on what was then called “Sweet Auburn Avenue,” the prosperous hub of black-owned businesses in Atlanta. It was the summer of 1961, when King had earned the love and respect of the city’s young civil-rights demonstrators with whom he had marched.

King’s support for the demonstrators in Atlanta led to one of the worst experiences of his career. When the students were released after merchants agreed to desegregate, King was forced to remain in jail and was transported to a prison miles away from Atlanta. He was made to lie in the back of a police vehicle with a dog snarling at him the entire way there. Even after his release, challenges remained throughout the South.

I ran up to him, prepared to introduce myself and to lavish praise on him for all that he had done for Atlanta and the students, and for his sacrifices on behalf of black Americans. As I started to introduce myself—before I could get past my name—he reached for my hand, energetically shaking it, while telling me he was proud to meet me.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 90. in US
 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

“today capitalism has out-lived its usefulness”

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

How to watch the 'Ice Moon' rise on Martin Luther King Jr. DayThe full moon is the first of 2022. Screw your fake moon marketing flavors. It’s the moon. Not something we should ignore every day except for the mere 24-hour window each month that it is considered “full”, making it briefly worth looking at. This whole marketing promotion for the moon is sheer idiocy.
Source: LiveScience - 🏆 538. / 51 Read more »

Sunday Reading: Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.This weekend, revisit a selection of pieces from our archive about the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,’s extraordinary work and devotion to principle. Poem for MLK
Source: NewYorker - 🏆 90. / 67 Read more »

How Martin Luther King, Jr.’s multifaceted view on human rights still inspires todaySome of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most iconic speeches and marches were devoted to ending war, dismantling nuclear weapons, and bringing economic justice—a multifaceted view on human rights which still inspires today الجوازات_نساء عودتكم_حياة العودة_الحضورية_الآمنة وزارة_التعليم البزنس43 Great man! Noticed pundits+politicians who arrogantly opine POTUS’ 'tone' calling out the implicit racism in anti-Voter laws+resistance to strong Voter Rights look like people in no danger of THEIR Right to Vote stolen. Implicit “You (people of color) need to ask me nicely if you can vote”
Source: NatGeo - 🏆 537. / 51 Read more »

MLK Day events in LA to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy MondayLos Angeles' premier annual event to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- the Kingdom Day Parade in South L.A. -- has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still a number of MLK-related events set for the Monday holiday. A visionary
Source: ABC7 - 🏆 67. / 68 Read more »

What to listen to on the day Martin Luther King Jr. is rememberedKing was fearless—and fearless because he was faithful—and dangerous to the segregationists. He answered to a higher authority. Dr King wanted to live in a world where we were judged by the content of our character not color of our skin. However, that is precisely what the left wants. CRT absolutely segregates us. It attempts to shame white people and teaches kids of color to be victims. EqualityEquity 🙌
Source: Newsweek - 🏆 468. / 52 Read more »

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Biography, Speeches & QuotesKing made an incredible impact on the country’s racial, cultural and intellectual landscape. MLKDay Today's Iconic Civil Rights Leader And Modern Day Founding Father Republican President Mark Patrick Seymour Has Made It A Point To Honor MLK And His Standing Up For The Rights Of All People Asian Latino Chinese Japanese European Cambodian Arabian Jewish African
Source: LiveScience - 🏆 538. / 51 Read more »