King lived at the residence between 1949 and 1951, while he and a classmate were attending the now-closed Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa., according to NJ.com.
, the future civil rights leader slept, ate, prepared his messages, and plotted his first anti-discrimination lawsuit while living on Walnut Street.
City spokesperson Vincent Basra told NJ.com firefighters arrived to find heavy flames coming from the rear of the second floor of the home, and that part of the roof collapsed.ABC 6No injuries were reported, and the cause of fire is underway, according to the reports. Local activists who have been working to preserve the home and turn it into a museum said Saturday’s disaster with not stop their efforts — especially since the building needed some work to begin with.
“The whole inside had to be gutted and redone anyway, the whole roof had to be done it was in terrible shape prior to this,” Pastor Amir Khan, a Camden County activist who purchased the home last year, told NJ.com. “So I mean, we’re not going to miss a beat on this.”
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