Martin Luther King Jr. stepped up when the Roberts family was in 'a jam.'
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"My parents had a theater school in Atlanta called the Actors and Writers Workshop, and one day, Coretta Scott King called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids," Julia shared during aShe continued,"And my mom is like, 'Sure, come on over.' And so, they just all became friends.
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