
1/14/17 [Photos: David Kramer] See Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park at Manhattan Square
King has a special place in the magazine. Over the years, we’ve looked at his Rochester visits and connections. We’ve looked how schools and civic groups have celebrated his birthday. We’ve looked at the circumstances of the day of King’s death, April 4th, 1968. And seen how that date, April 4th, has been occasion for social activism.

King at the Rochester War Memorial. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 26 Oct 1962. From On his Day, remembering when Martin Luther King visited Rochester, January 8th, 1958,
In When Martin Luther King was at the home of Charles Lunsford and On Dr. Charles T. Lunsford and the house where he entertained Martin Luther King Jr. we looked closely at King’s January 8th, 1958 visit to Rochester, including a remarkable photograph and a home on Elmwood Avenue.

Martin Luther King during his January 8th. 1958 visit to Rochester. Dr. Lunsford is to his left, kneeling. [Photo: Charles Price] From When Martin Luther King was at the home of Charles Lunsford
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From When Martin Luther King was at the home of Charles Lunsford Democrat and Chronicle, 09 Jan 1958, Thu, [First Edition], Page 23

Dr. Charles Lunsford’s former home on 90 Elmwood Avenue. From On Dr. Charles T. Lunsford and the house where he entertained Martin Luther King Jr.
In Nazareth College’s President Daan Braveman on defining moments and his own March on Washington, August 1963, Daan Braverman recalled his visit to Rochester where he was inspired by King.

Brighton High School Yearbook, Crossroads, 1965 [courtesy of Brighton Memorial Library] From Nazareth College’s President Daan Braveman on defining moments and his own March on Washington, August 1963

Rev. Lewis Stewart, a founder of the United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western New York, interviewed by Amy Hudak of Channel 13 News at the MLK Conference on Finding Solutions, Wilson Foundation Academy, Rochester, NY 1/17/16. From On his Day, remembering when Martin Luther King visited Rochester, January 8th, 1958
In An MLK Day of symphonies, service and Sneetches at Hillel Community Day School, we saw how a school in Brighton celebrated MLK Day.
More tragically, in When Baltimore burned 47 years ago we looked back at riots that spread across the northeast following King’s 1968 assassination.
In Reflections on the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination, George Payne looks at the unresolved circumstances of the fateful day in Memphis.

Display case at the Nazareth College Center for Spirituality [Provided by George Payne] From Reflections on the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination
Finally, in Marching on Genesee Street for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Action, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. living on. On April 4th, 2017, we were back at Wilson Foundation Academy for the National Day of Action.
We’ll see you April 4th, 2018.
And in Nonviolence Education is Needed on MLK Day, George looked at how MLK might have viewed the holiday in his name. (A different version of George’s essay was published in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.)
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Marching on Genesee Street for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Action
On Dr. Charles T. Lunsford and the house where he entertained Martin Luther King Jr.
On his Day, remembering when Martin Luther King visited Rochester, January 8th, 1958
An MLK Day of symphonies, service and Sneetches at Hillel Community Day School
https://talkerofthetown.com/2016/04/04/reflections-on-the-48th-anniversary-of-martin-luther-kings-assassination-from-george-payne/
Marching on Genesee Street for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Action