Celebrate America For Once : Pictorial

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King said in an interview that this photograph was taken as he tried to explain to his daughter Yolanda why she could not go to Funtown, a whites-only amusement park in Atlanta. King claims to have been tongue-tied when speaking to her. “One of the most painful experiences I have ever faced was to see her tears when I told her Funtown was closed to colored children, for I realized the first dark cloud of inferiority had floated into her little mental sky.”
 
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If you see an unfamiliar vehicle on your commute today, it’s probably just a Halle Berry-Jimmy Fallon human hamster wheel, so don’t be alarmed.
 
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