Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Chester, Delaware County, dedicated 1984.

Calvary Baptist Church, 1616 W. 2nd St. (PA 291), at Baker St., Chester

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King lived three years in this community and ministered under the mentorship of J. Pius Barbour. He graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary, 1951. A leader of the 1963 March on Washington, King won a Nobel Peace Prize, 1964.

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1902 · Philadelphia and vicinity, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware / Henry Gannett, chief… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1941 · Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1948 · Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Martin Luther King, Jr., with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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