A King Visits L.A. Main Menu Introduction Digital exhibition by Dr. Karin Stanford Image 1 - Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Image 2 - Dr. King and Coretta Image 3 - Dr. King protesting Image 4 - WARD A.M.E Church Image 5 - Dr. King Preaching Image 6 - Dr. King with ministers Image 7 - Garden of Prayer Image 8 - Dr. King and Dr. Hudson Image 9 - Dr. King with Elks Image 10 - "Strength to Love" Image 11 - Dr. King and Dorothy Dandridge Image 12 - Freedom Rally Image 13 - Freedom Rally Image 15 - Freedom Rally reception Image 16 - Freedom Rally reception Image 17 - Stars for Freedom Image 18 - Memorial Edition Image 19 - Dr. King on airplane Tom & Ethel Bradley Center About http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center

Image 14 - Freedom Rally reception

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Speaking at the reception after Freedom Rally is the famed actor Marlon Brando. The reception was held in the home of Burt Lancaster, with 250 people in attendance. During the reception Martin Luther King Jr. said, “You can help us in Birmingham by getting rid of segregation in Los Angeles.”  Overall Freedom Rally generated $75,000: $35,000 at rally, $20,000 at Burt Lancaster’s home and $20,000 pledged by Sammy Davis Jr. 1963

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