It was more than 50 years ago on a sweltering summer Chicago night in 1966 
that young activist Mary Nelson first met and marched with Dr. King and 
gospel great Mahalia Jackson.  She's been marching ever since. Listen to 
her story of that once-in-a-lifetime experience.

It was more than 50 years ago on a sweltering summer Chicago night in 1966 that young activist Mary Nelson first met and marched with Dr. King and gospel great Mahalia Jackson. She's been marching ever since. Listen to her story of that once-in-a-lifetime experience.

It was more than 50 years ago on a sweltering summer Chicago night in 1966 
that young activist Mary Nelson first met and marched with Dr. King and 
gospel great Mahalia Jackson.&nbsp; She's been marching ever since. Listen to 
her story of that once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Marcher and life-long activist Mary Nelson Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Marcher and life-long activist Mary Nelson Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.

Marcher and life-long activist Mary Nelson Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.