The widow of the respected civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke to a predominantly caucasian crowd at a rally on the Boston Common on December 1, 1974. Her speech was the climax of a march and rally, which led demonstrators in support of the busing plan from the state house to city hall. She argued that the recent acts of violence against desegregation were more detrimental to national welfare than the busing itself.
"Can anyone believe that people using or condoning acts of violence as well as vulgar racial epithets are making a democratic protest against busing? No. They are making a un-democratic assault on equality."
King was joined by Representative Robert Drinan, a Democrat from Massachussetts who also addressed the crowd.
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