After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in early April of 1968, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted a memorial to remember and commemorate the unparalleled civil rights figure. Just a year after his “I Have A Dream” speech, the Coliseum hosted the Religious Witness for Human Dignity event, at which King spoke. Just 20 days after his speech at the Coliseum, President Lyndon Johnson broke the stalemate in the senate, passing the Civil Rights Act.
Nearly 16,000 members from the community joined together within the seats of the Coliseum to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to civil rights and his work as a political activist. The words King spoke in the coliseum about the need for justice for all members of our world still ring true today.