Royce Hall

Sometime around 1965 I was walking near Royce Hall at UCLA (where I was studying for a teaching degree), and I came across MLK talking to a group of students. He wasn't at the height of his fame yet, but he was recognizable. I stopped and joined the other students.

That was 55 years ago. I don't remember what MLK said. I was unfamiliar with his style--I wasn't from the South or religious or black. But I remember I once stood a few feet away from the greatest American of my lifetime.