On this day in 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a mass meeting in Grenada, Mississippi, followed by a march.
On this day in 1966 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today September 19, 2024 Sept. 19, 1966 Martin Luther King Jr escorts two 7-year-old students, Eva Grace Lemon and Aretha Willis, on their march to integrate schools in Grenada. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a mass meeting in Grenada, Mississippi, followed by a march. The news came after 300 members of the white community had called for “an end to violence.
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