On a cold night in late March of 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . found himself in a not so unfamiliar situation, running from the Klan. Earlier in the evening he had delivered a speech at a mass meeting in Greensboro, Alabama and was on his way back to Selma when he received the news that cars filled with armed men were on the lookout for him. There was also news that several churches had been burned to the ground. King quickly turned to an old ally, Mrs. Theresa Burroughs, for a safe house

54 Strong: Women, Music and Civil Rights

A group of 54 people from Utah State University, as well as the University of Washington and Bellevue College, are heading to the South on a Civil Rights pilgrimage. UPR wants to share their experience with you. For more information behind this series, click here . The project, in cooperation with the University of Washington and Bellevue College, is made possible in part by our members, the USU Access and Diversity Center and the USU diversity council - cultivating diversity of thought and culture, and by serving the public through learning, discovery and engagement.