The assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a watershed moment for African-Americans and the world. The loss of the civil rights leader still reverberates more than half a century later. We look back on that time and how his death affected America then and still affects us now.
Resources:
Montgomery County Office of Human Rights: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/humanrights/
Maryland Civil Rights Educational Freedom Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJYKdO4EEk&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0rUULjtaG-qthhKy3YCHOTEeGrNEJWXKo9yT9yVodoR0BJZHICrUuGwlY
Audio PlayerGuests:
Joan Mulholland, Civil Rights Movement Freedom Rider (not pictured)
Willie Pearl Mackey King, Historian, Secretary to Dr. King
Jim Stowe, Director, Montgomery County Office of Human Rights
