The McAllister family always knew they were there, with a front-row ticket to history, but they never knew a photograph of that day existed.
Roughly 45 years later, in 2010, while surfing the web and the Special Collections Research Center atLibraries, Curtis came across a photograph taken by Jack Franklin with the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin of that exact speech.
Clear as day, standing on his tiptoes or being held up, Curtis' brother Clyde and his expressive big eyes can be seen peaking over a policeman's shoulder to catch a glimpse of King as he spoke to the gathering crowd. Learley McAllister can be seen standing behind her brother, Curtis, in the photograph. As a 12-year-old, she doesn't remember exactly why the iconic civil rights movement came to their backyard.
One of the causes near to his heart was getting a plaque and mural made for an enslaved woman who was eventually freed, Dinah, at Stenton Park.
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