'Modern Moses' MLK Jr. was in New Orleans before peak of the Civil Rights Movement

Just before the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited New Orleans to spread the message of racial equality and energize the city in a rallying cry to end segregation in the South. In the late 1950s, the civil rights icon spoke at an auditorium that no longer exists in New Orleans. He then worked with a group of ministers to establish a well-known civil rights organization at a local baptist church. King also often met with fellow civil rights leaders at a world-famous New...