“In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Salem Baptist Church of Jenkintown. According to The Philadelphia Tribune, the service itinerary included the benediction’s civil rights song, ‘We Shall Overcome,’ and King’s sermon delivered a call for determination to end injustice throughout the world through non-violent direct action against discrimination and bigotry.”

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