SUFFOLK, Va. — Peanut Park in Suffolk is home to a piece of American history. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to speak to thousands there, just months before his March on Washington.
Moses A. Riddick Jr., a prominent civil rights activist and politician in Suffolk, played a key role in making that happen. Riddick founded the Independent Voters League in 1946 and helped bring Dr. King to Peanut Park for a freedom rally.
His nephew, John Riddick, says all it took was one phone call…