Civil rights leaders reflect on Dr. King's last visit to Houston and the creation of a new America
“The core of the content that King delivered that night was a soaring rhetoric about how we can no longer wait,” he said. “It was an argument against gradualism and efforts had to take place now. It was a direct revolt against slow change.”
In the midst of planning the event and selling tickets, smoke bombs were thrown to intimidate organizers and ticket sellers. But despite the attack, Graves found other ways of trying to get tickets sold. King asked what should be done, Graves said. After telling the civil rights leader about opposition and violence against the event,“He stood up, turned around, knelt down in front of us all with his elbows on the sofa, and he started praying out loud as if he was talking to God. I was shocked,” Graves said. “I had never seen anything like that before."
“I couldn’t believe it, it was exactly what Martin had said,” Graves said. “The venue was full that night, and we made money for the concert.”Graves says he remembers that night as if it were yesterday, and said King’s fearlessness and faith in God still inspires him all these years later. Although it was a time of economic progress for Black families, the battle for racial equality never wavered.
He remembers the work that he and his congregation at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church had done to support King and the civil rights movement.
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