King enjoyed strong roots in Philadelphia region

From: Philadelphia Tribune, The | Date: January 19, 1996| Author: Linn Washington | Copyright information


Philadelphia Tribune, The

01-19-1996

King enjoyed strong roots in Philadelphia region.

The Montgomery bus boycott of 1956 may have launched Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. into international recognition, but "Mike" King's first legal fight against racial discrimination took place in the Philadelphia area.

During the summer of 1950, King, then a seminary student, field a suit against an allegedly racist bar owner in Maple Shade, N. J.

King may have ...

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