Martin Luther King Jr. -Suffolk VA. 1963

It was the summer of 1963 and Martin Luther King Jr. was in town for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

In the photos below, Dr. King arrives at a press conference held at the Union Hall in Suffolk.

The conference was scheduled for 6p.m., and it preceded his address at Peanut Park where an estimated 5,000 people were expected to gather to hear his address at the statewide rally.

Over the next couple of weeks we hope to place the images and reports of the rally up on the blog.

All photos by Pilot staff photographers.

You may purchase the images HERE and view additional photos from the press conference.

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