A Valiant Leader Remembered: Pennsylvanians Reflect On The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

WPSU | By Kristine Allen

Published April 4, 2018 at 10:19 AM EDT

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis 50 years ago. WPSU’s Kristine Allen brings us memories of that day from residents of Central and Northern Pennsylvania.

Thanks to Kimberly Weinberg of The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, WPSU's Cheraine Stanford, and the listeners of WPSU for help with this story.

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Kristine Allen

Kristine Allen is Program Director of WPSU-FM. She also files feature stories for WPSU on the arts, culture, science, and more. When she's not at WPSU, Kris enjoys playing folk fiddle, acting, singing and portrait-sketching. She is also a self-confessed "science geek." Kris started working in public radio in college, at age 17, and says she "just couldn't stop."

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