Ronnie Bynum - On Martin Luther King, Jr. (clip)

Ronnie Bynum: Yeah, I remember the marches, and everything- the meeting areas out in front of St. Joseph’s. I remember when Reverend Manley and First Baptist, for example, saying Martin Luther King can’t speak here because during that time they had moved from Franklin Street, near McDonald’s, and they moved to where they are now. But during that time it was a different area saying they were bombing churches and so he was like, “I can’t do this,” and so they had Martin Luther King speak somewhere else. But yeah, First Baptist did a lot for the communities and everything else and they are still here to this day. So as far as having Martin Luther King coming to speak at First Baptist, Reverend said “It’s not the time. I respect it, I’m fighting with you but right now as for the vision God has for me, it’s not the time.” And so, it was honored and respected, even by Martin Luther King.