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Tribute To Dr. King
1968
During the Civil Rights era, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., made five public appearances in Durham. The most dramatic was on February 16, 1960, as the sit-in movement swept across the Jim Crow South. After visiting the Durham Woolworth’s, located on Parrish Street, which had closed its lunch counter after demonstrations the previous week, Dr. King addressed a standing room only crowd of 1,200 people at White Rock Baptist Church.
Outside the Lorraine Motel Wednesday, April 3, U.S. Marshal Cato Ellis served Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a temporary restraining order from a federal judge, barring them from leading another march in Memphis without court approval. Also pres- ent were top King aides Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, James Orange and Bernard Lee. The restrain- ing order was issued to stop a national March on Mem- phis planned for April 8.
On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was scheduled to visit Durham, but cancelled at the last minute.
At sunset on April 4, Martin Luther King, Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lor- raine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Riots break out in 125 cities, leaving 46 dead.
Mrs. Coretta Scott King is shown at the funeral of her hus- band, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Honesty
“I have tried to be honest. To be honest is to confront the truth. However unpleasant and inconvenient the truth may be, I believe we must expose and face it if we are to achieve a better quality of American life.”
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