Raveling recalls King speech and march memory
George Raveling describes his 1963 Washington D C visit with Warren Wilson to hear Martin Luther King Jr. In the crowd he witnessed King deliver I Have a Dream and later compared the moment to historic orations, noting ad libs, security, and personal proof of attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Raveling
Detroit
Jim Bishop
Martin Luther King, Jr
Moses
Warren Wilson
Wilson
Claymont
Del
March
George Raveling Sr
Shepp
Lincoln Memorial
Martin Luther King
Mahalia Jackson
Harry Belafonte
James Baldwin
Brooke Benton
Ralph Abernathy
Woodrow Wilson
the Gazette
Marcia
Baltimore
George
A. Philip Randolph
Bishop
George Raveling
Atlanta marks King birthday with service and march
Politicians and celebrities joined a church service and a one mile march in downtown Atlanta to honor Martin Luther King Jr. The event kicked an eight day King celebration highlighted by remarks from Mayor Andrew Young and various speakers. About 2,000 marchers joined in, carrying banners urging nonviolence and justice. The King Center prize was postponed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Martin Luther King
Jane Fonda
Tom Hayden
Dick Gregory
Atlanta Falcons
Billy ‘White Shoes” Johnson
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King
Joseph L. Roberts
Georgia
District of Columbia
Reagan
Memphis
Tenn
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King Jr
Capitol
Asheville
N.C
New York
Pentagon
U.S
Lebanon
Central America
King Center
Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang to meet Nixon in New York
Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang arrives in New York for the final leg of a 10 day U S visit. He is set for a breakfast with Henry Kissinger and a meeting with former President Richard Nixon at the Plaza Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zhao Ziyang
U.S
Richard Nixon
China
Zhao
San Francisco
John F. Kennedy Airport
Edward Koch
U.N
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Manhattan
Plaza Hotel
Nixon
Cyrus Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Canada
Reagan Administration
Hawaii
Williamsburg
Washington
California
Taiwan
United States
U.S. Information Agency
Raymond O’donnell
The Day After Opens in Japan As Nuclear War Film
The Day After began screening in about 50 theaters with plans for 110 more in coming weeks. Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki say the film raises awareness of nuclear threats, though some feel it Wagnerizes the horror. Ichiro Moritaki, who helped found Japan anti nuclear groups, calls it a positive educational step for youth. The bombings killed 119000 in Hiroshima and 78000 in Nagasaki with later radiation deaths. over 300000 survivors now receive medical benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
America
ABC
Ichiro Moritaki
Japan
Moritaki
Shochiku-Fuji Ltd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Villanova
Abraham Lincoln
Bob Denney
University of Iowa
Wedgwood
Stonehenge
Smulekoff
China & Gift
Cedar Rapids
TRAS
Ai Mhen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!