
King, Nashville, and the Emergence of Nonviolent Direct Action
The keynote address Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave at Fisk University in 1964 drew crowds from all over the city, including some of the great Civil Rights icons in American history
Aliyah Collins is a born and bred native of Jackson, Tennessee. She is currently a Master’s student at the Harvard Divinity School. Her research interests include the intersections of the Black church, Black Liberation Theology, and Pan-Africanism.
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The keynote address Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave at Fisk University in 1964 drew crowds from all over the city, including some of the great Civil Rights icons in American history