The PowerPLAY Show

S2 Episode 34: My Mother's Fight

October 21, 2021 Tonia Magras Season 2 Episode 34
The PowerPLAY Show
S2 Episode 34: My Mother's Fight
Show Notes

Mrs. Marion King was a young, pregnant mother who – while delivering clothes to jailed demonstrators in Camila Georgia on July 23 ,1962, was violented attacked by white police officers while her three young children watched in horror. 

The attack on Mrs. King resulted in her losing her child. Her three children, Dr. Jonathan T. King, Dr. Edward Dubois King and Abena King have spent decades fighting to right the wrong done to their mother. Their hope is to put their mother’s attack in historical context and have the City of Camila recognize, own up and acknowledge what happened and make it right.

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