DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — On January 19, we honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and we know most of the story. A Baptist preacher turned civil rights icon who was killed by an assassin in 1968, but did you know an important chapter in the MLK story unfolded in a now-shuttered theological school near Chester?
Long before his famous speech, and the freedom marches, and King’s journey to iconic status, there was an important stop in Pennsylvania.
“My dad, my late father, actually heard Dr. King speak in Chester,” said Janet Murphy…