Ten days after what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 96 birthday, around 250 people gathered at Boston University for an event meant to highlight the lesser-known aspects of King’s legacy.
“A riot is the language of the unheard.”–Martin Luther King Jr. “The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”–Martin Luther King Jr. “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”–Martin Luther King Jr. “We shall overcome...
The Byron sisters were a part of a 20,000-person crowd. At the time, it was the largest civil rights march in Boston history. Beverly said even at a young age, they could understand that they were a part of something bigger. They said their father would talk to them about MLK and t...
Thurman had served asdean of Marsh Chapel at Boston Universityfrom 1953 to 1965. King was a student there when Thurman first assumed his position in Boston and heard the renowned minister deliver some addresses. A few years later,King invitedThurman to speak at his first pulpit at Dexter Avenu...
Martin Luther King Jr., seen here in the mid-1950s, served as a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, then Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. After being accepted at several colleges for his doctoral study, King enrolled at Boston University. In 1954, while still ...
MLK moved to Boston to go to Boston University for his doctorate degree. Why did MLK move to Boston? MLK married Coretta Scott in 1953 and they had four children. When did MLK marry Coretta Scott? MLK thought that African Americans were not treated fairly. He decided to work for equal ri...
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King became a member of the Sigma chapter while he was a doctoral student at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts in 1952. Other prominent Alphas include Frederick Douglass, anti-slavery activist; Thurgood Marshall, Civil Rights activist, Supreme Court Justice; W.E.B. Dubois, writer...
Thurman had served asdean of Marsh Chapel at Boston Universityfrom 1953-1965. King was a student there when Thurman first assumed his position in Boston and heard the renowned minister deliver some addresses. A few years later, KinginvitedThurman to spe...
Boston, Massachusetts Coretta Scott King unveils a bas relief of her late husband at the Mugar Memorial Library on the Boston University campus. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images While several cities in the South claim part of the King legacy, it may surprise some folks to know that Boston, th...