Xernona Clayton Recalls Unity At Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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A statue of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. stands at the State Capitol in Atlanta.

In August 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Atlanta at the annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Less than a year later, he was killed in Memphis, Tennessee. We talked with Xernona Clayton, an advisor to King and one of the conference planners.

OST looked back at a conversation with Xernona Clayton on her interactions with Martin Luther King Jr. when he came to Atlanta for the annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

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