YBOR 70 Page 8 L: Yes, he came one day to Morehouse actually about the same time as my arrival there. I had departed, of course when I graduated to __ Church in Augusta, Georgia. Martin came on campus. Strangely enough, I knew his father and mother quite well. P: You knew "Daddy" King? L: Yes I knew him quite well. P: How did you know him? L: My dad was a member of the National Baptist Convention of America and in my earlier years, I would accompany him to these conventions that met across the country annually in September and as a result of that, I met Dr. King. Then when I moved to Atlanta to work at the college, I joined the Baptist Ministers Association of Atlanta, being a minster although not actively engaged in the pastor, I attended those meetings, where quite a number of those outstanding Atlanta ministers were involved, and I had dealings with him. Then after that when I became pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta. P: Of the what? L: Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. Dr. King was a member of the congress and of the association and of the state convention. P: Now, we are talking about Sr.? "Daddy" King? L: "Daddy" King, that is correct. Martin, of course, during those days, after I left Morehouse, had gone on to Crozer Theological Seminary and then to Boston University. P: Was Martin Luther King in one of your classes? L: Yes, in one. In philosophy. P: I know it is many years ago. Did ha stand out in your mind as a promising student? L: Yes, Martin was promising. I did not see Martin as a straight-A student at that particular time, in fact I do not remember that he was, but he certainly was an honor student with a developing mind, inquiring, inquisitive, who asked many questions, who was, I consider, a spokesman for the underdog and he would take the part of the underdog or under-privileged people, let me put it that way. P: Was he particularly articulate?