Martin Luther King Jnr- 1957
One of the most celebrated black Activists, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Ghana in March 1957, just in time for the independence ceremony, after a struggle that mirrored the struggle against racism in the USA.
Arriving in Ghana on March 4, 1957, MLK was invited by President Nkrumah on a trip funded by the Montgomery Improvement Association and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
In his own words, MLK stated:“As we walked out, we noticed all over the polo grounds almost a half a million people. They had waited for this hour and this moment for years. Before I knew it, I started weeping. I was crying for joy. And I knew about all of the struggles, and all of the pain, and all of the agony that these people had gone through for this moment”
Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King
