The motel, owned by Walter and Loree Bailey, was a safe place for prominent African ... in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination.
The house was badly damaged by a fire two years ago. The restoration work to turn it into a museum is expected to be completed by 2026.
From the Southside to the Peninsula, Dr. King’s influence on our area is visible. In Norfolk, an 83-foot granite Martin Luther King Monument towers over the intersection of Chur ...
But preserving the Martin ... Luther King Jr. “It was just those first three or four years. Someone … got upset that we planted a tree,” Milton said. Finally, after three or four trees died ...
Montgomerians marched in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. along Dexter Avenue on Monday to honor the civil rights leader in a parade that was delayed nearly a month from MLK Day in January.