Ex-Judge Who Marched With King In Detroit Says Freedom Still at Risk In Baltimore
A Detroiter who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. says lessons from the civil rights struggle still echo in Baltimore.
It’s been more than a half century since civil rights activists boarded buses and took a dangerous trip through the segregated south in what was known as the Freedom Rides.
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Historians say the national attention garnered by the Freedom Riders convinced Dr. Martin Luther King Junior to spotlight the civil rights movement years later with his original “I Have A Dream” speech in Detroit.
Businessman and former judge James Del Rio helped bring King to Detroit.
Now 91 years old, Del Rio tells WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter the civil rights struggle still echoes in events unfolding today.
