GREENSBORO, N.C. — In his famous words, “I have a dream,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a vision for equality — a dream that continues to evolve and inspire in Greensboro on what would have been the civil rights icon’s 96th birthday.
King has longstanding ties to the Piedmont Triad area, doing a lengthy interview with WFMY News 2 on Feb. 11, 1958. In that same visit, he also spoke at Bennett College, where Dr. George Simkins had invited him to assess the racial injustices happening in town and speak on possible solutions. He recognized Greensboro’s importance in the national fight for justice.
King was set to deliver a speech in the Gate City on April 4, 1968, canceling his visit to stay longer in Memphis. He died that day in an assassination, which jolted the world into the harsh realities of racism King fought so hard to change…