Jackson was elected in 1973. King’s Atlanta has had a Black mayor ever since, including former MLK lieutenant Andrew Young, who helped secretly spirit Ali into Atlanta to light the Olympic ...
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we must reflect on how Atlanta, the city of King’s birth and work, still struggles under the weight of economic oppression in the form of predatory lending.
Rarely seen color photos of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.