A Legend in Queens

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made a whirlwind tour of New York and Long Island on March 27, 1968. “Dr. King was greeted on his swing around the city, which he called “a people-to-people tour to see people in their natural situations,” by small but enthusiastic crowds,” The Times wrote.

Wearing a blue suit, blue shirt and a subdued red and black tie, the civil rights legend stopped in Harlem and Rockville Center, L.I., along with addressing this crowd at a storefront operated by the Queens Concerned Clergy at 104-09 Northern Blvd., Queens.

Eight days later, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis.