Everybody knows the story of Dr. King, but not as many people know that every pastor of that church, His grandfather, Daddy King, led a voting rights campaign in Atlanta in 1935, 30 years before the voting rights law. And that his maternal grandfather, A.D. williams, who was the second pastor of the church, led a bond referendum that created the first public high school for black children in Atlanta. (03:15–03:25)
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Asserts that Daddy King led a voting rights campaign in Atlanta in 1935.
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