Philly activist keeping MLK's message at Girard College alive 60 years later
Kenneth Salaam was 15 when he heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Girard College. Six decades later, he's sharing MLK's message with Philadelphia's youth.
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Kenneth Salaam was 15 when he heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Girard College. Six decades later, he's sharing MLK's message with Philadelphia's youth.
In the summer of 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood outside the gates of Girard College to deliver a message that would become one of the most powerful civil rights moments in Philadelphia's history. Six decades later, a 15-year-old who was there is sharing Dr. King's message to Philadelphia's youth. CBS News Philadelphia's Wakisha Bailey reports.
Nearly two years ago heavy flames tore through a home in Camden where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once stayed. That home is now being transformed.
A historic structure rising from the ashes. Nearly two years ago heavy flames tore through a home in Camden where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once stayed. Ryan Hughes went back into the neighborhood where that home is now being transformed.
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More than 10,000 people came to listen to Dr. King speak on August 3, 1965. This was part of Dr. King's Freedom Now tour.
The home had been open for public tours through last month, when it was closed for an "extensive renovation project" that is not expected to be completed until 2025.
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The William Way LGBT Community Center on Spruce Street in Philadelphia will be knocked down and rebuilt.
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The William Way LGBT Community Center on Spruce Street in Philadelphia will be knocked down and rebuilt.
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The William Way LGBT Community Center on Spruce Street in Philadelphia will be knocked down and rebuilt.
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Rebuilding the community center will keep its programs up and running for years and it will also be safer.
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