Toforest Johnson
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You had families there that couldn't afford to eat, you know, kids come to school, you know, wearing the same clothes over and over.
It was rough growing up in the projects.
Rioting and protests broke out on an unprecedented scale.
In Atlanta, Georgia, at Martin's alma mater, Morehouse College, the students had their own protest.
It featured two prominent figures in Black history, Martin Luther King Sr.
to be in what we really thought was a revolution.
It echoes in today's world far more than it should, and it will blow your mind.
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It was a little before 11, and we were standing outside, and they came up.
I remember exactly where I was standing, right in front of the club when he walked up, because I thought I was shot that night.
They were wearing big clothes back then.