Hear Dr. King explain why he donated his collection to Boston University. Taken from a press conference on September 11, 1964.
Martin
Luther King Jr.: Stride Toward Freedom
This exhibition explores King's rise to
national prominence from his early days as a young pastor
called to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery,
Alabama and his involvement with the Montgomery Improvement
Association and its history-making bus boycott up through
his assassination as graphically recorded in LIFE magazine.
There is correspondence from Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers, Malcolm
X, and Nat King Cole, to name but a few.
Located in the Martin Luther King Room on
the third floor of Mugar Memorial Library. The Exhibit can
be viewed Monday - Friday
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.