Mlk jr biography video of barack obama

When Barack Obama arrived in Chicago from New York City, in 1985, one of his goals was to connect with the African-American community.

Mlk jr biography video of barack obama

And one of the ways he did that was by studying the civil rights movements, in particular the life story of Martin Luther King Jr.

It was a story far removed from his own personal experience. Obama had been a boy during the 1960s, and he’d grown up in a white family in Hawaii, which was not only a diverse and tolerant state, but also far removed from the disruptions of that decade.

As an organizer with the Developing Communities Project, one of Obama’s tasks was recruiting churches to join the organization. One of the first pastors he met was the Rev. Alvin Love of Lilydale First Baptist Church, who became a lifelong supporter and adviser.

Love’s African-American experience was everything Obama’s wasn’t: He had been born in Chicago but moved back to Mississippi in the early 1960s, as the civil rights movement was approaching its violent cli