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$One day a week was designated for blacks only at the Overton Park Zoo, as it was called in the 1950\'s. All other days were for whites.$ $13 black first graders entered four of Memphis\' previously all-white schools October 3, 1961. From left: Michael Willis, Harry Williams and Dwania Kyles.$ $Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stopped by police at Medgar Evers\' funeral in Jackson, MS, June, 1963.$ $Memphis sanitation workers led by Dr. King went forward March 28, 1968. \'I Am A Man\' came to symbolize the strike effort.$

$Dr. King, who was preparing for the Poor People\'s Campaign in Washington, spoke before thousands at Mason Temple March 18, 1968.$

$King performs with the Bill Harvey Band at the Hippodrome, in Memphis, in the 1950\'s.$ $B.B. King with his tour bus, band and crew on Beale Street in the 1950\'s.$

$Lionel Hampton performs at The Hippodrome in the 1950\'s.$

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