Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.
A weekend of events celebrated King’s legacy and allowed leaders in religion, government and education to bring awareness of how the Black community in the heart of Phoenix has anchored itself as part of the city’s history and triumphed against discrimination.
“It was a historic black neighborhood where under segregation, black people were forced to live. You know before the 60′, they weren’t allowed to live north of Thomas Road,” said First Institutional Baptist Church Pastor Warren H. Stewart Sr.
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