StoryCorps: Maria Saporta & Bill Bolling

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Credit Susan Ross

Yolanda King and Maria Saporta at King's 50th birthday party

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have celebrated his 84th birthday today.

Lifelong Atlanta resident Maria Saporta is known as a local journalist. At StoryCorps Atlanta, she discussed a childhood connection with the King family that changed her life forever. 

Her friend Bill Bolling began the conversation.