often times he would actually call on mahalia jackson to sing that song to him.faith. we have in san francisco one of only eight persons to ever take a class from dr. king. he has been a fixture in san francisco for over 40 years as a senior minister of third baptist church. and for four of those years, as one of your representatives on the san francisco board of supervisors. here to talk to us very briefly about king and faith, the reverend dr. amos c. brown. [applause] >> good morning. to brother grisell, the moving spirit behind our annual observance of the birthday of dr. martin luther king, jr. let's give brother grisell a hand for his endurance. and his pit bulldog determination to keep us aware that there was a man in the land named dr. martin luther king, jr. reverend, clergy, other members of the platform and to our president of the board of supervisors, sister london breed who spoke so eloquently, and with great substance, and meaning. ladies and gentlemen, i just came from two events, one i got to get back to, a funeral of one of my congregants. and i

and if anybody could listen to that, if you are not familiar with that, mahalia jackson does a version of it that will send chills down your spine. ok. big turning point, obviously, in wells' life occurs in march 1892 when in memphis, thomas moss, calvin mcdowell and henry stewart were lynched. was, a postal carrier who president of a co-op called "the people's grocery," where the other men also worked, was a close friend of wells. he met her and talk to her on wentostal route, when he past the new super office. they taught sunday school together. his wife was a good friend of hers, too, and was pregnant at the same time. wells was the godmother of his baby girl, maureen. what led up to the murders was a series of events provoked by a white proprietor and competitor who was losing business to the grocery.k the bottom line is the provocation resulted in a scuffle near the grocery and there were lots of black arrests, shooting in self-defense by the black man of three white deputy sheriffs who had come to destroy the grocery. the men were imprisoned and on 1892, 75 masked man horseback i

if you are not familiar with that, mahalia jackson does a version of it that will just send chills down your spine. okay. the big turning point obviously in wells's life occurs in march 1892 when in memphis thomas moss kevin mcdowell and henry stewart were lynched. moss, a poster carrier who was president of a co-op called the people's grocery where the other men also worked was a close friend of ida b. wells . he met her and talk to her on his postal route when he went past newspaper office. they taught me school together. his wife was a good friend of hers as well and was pregnant at this time. wells was a godmother of his baby girl maureen. what led up to the murders was a series of events provoked by a white proprietor and competitor who was losing business to the black grocery. the bottom line is, the provocations resulted in a racial scuffle near the grocery, there are lots of black arrest, they were shooting in self-defense by the black men of three white deputy sheriffs who had come to destroy the grocery. the men were imprisoned and on march 9 1892, 75 masked men riding on hors