Monday, January 16, 2017

MLK in Texas

When I was in school, no one ever mentioned Martin Luther King, Jr., and he had no presence in the school curriculum. My first exposure was in a religion course in college. Today students learn of his legacy at an early age. While he is more closely associated with the Deep South, he did visit Texas. In fact, he even spoke at a now-defunct theater on Commerce Street in Fort Worth. This Star-Telegram story by Bud Kennedy tells about that visit.



MLK also spoke at Fair Park in Dallas in 1963. Here is an excerpt from the book Dallas 1963.

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