| In November 1953, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. visited Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Baton Rouge _____ King was there to preach and learn how the Rev. T.J. Jemison coordinated Baton Rouge's bus boycott earlier that year _____ The Baton Rouge plan would later serve as inspiration for the Montgomery bus boycotts in 1955 _____ King spoke to an audience of 6,000 people _____ Source: McKinley High School Alumni Center general manager Melvin Mitchell, Stanford University Note: We deliver Inside Louisiana Politics three times a week. Got this email from a friend? Click here to be added to our list! | 