Dr. Martin Luther King Sparks the Huntsville Movement
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Huntsville's Dr. Sonnie W. Hereford III greets Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during King's 1962 visit to Huntsville
Dr. King speaks with followers during his 1962 visit to Huntsville. Courtesy of Huntsville Revisited.
Dr. King speaking at Oakwood College during his visit to Huntsville. Seated on the left is Ralph David Abernathy
Dr. King drafted this letter with his advice for the civil rights movement's leaders in Huntsville.
Sources
In The Shadows of Birmingham: The 1962-1963 Huntsville Civil Rights Movement, J.Brandon Curnel, 2016
Beside the Troubled Waters: A Black Doctor Remembers Life, Medicine, and Civil Rights in an Alabama Town, Dr. Sonnie W. Hereford III & Jack D. Ellis, 2011
Huntsville Revisited, https://www.facebook.com/HuntsvilleRevisited/
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