Coretta Scott King led a 1969 march of some 1,500 demonstrators to the church, where they faced bayonet-wielding members of the South Carolina National Guard; the church's pastor and 900 demonstrators were arrested.
Coretta Scott King led a 1969 march of some 1,500 demonstrators to the church in support of striking hospital workers in Charleston. At the church, they faced bayonet-wielding members of the South Carolina National Guard; the church's pastor and 900 demonstrators were arrested.