That Was For Coretta! Cornish Rogers recounts a game of one-on-one at a nearby church with his friend Martin Luther King Jr., during their time at Boston University in the early 50’s. “We’d be shooting the ball, bad-mouthing each other, saying what we were going to do to one another out there on the court … He was in good shape, but I wouldn’t say Martin was any kind of athlete, or worked out regularly or any of that. Let’s just say I usually beat him … but there was this one day, on one play, he really got me.” [With Coretta on King’s mind] “He dribbled, stopped, and at the end he made this sort of crazy, twisty move … He just threw the ball up there and it went in! Well, he raved about that, went on and on, telling me, ‘That was for Coretta! That was for Coretta!’ He got me there, got me real good.’’

That Was For Coretta!

Cornish Rogers recounts a game of one-on-one at a nearby church with his friend Martin Luther King Jr., during their time at Boston University in the early 50’s.

“We’d be shooting the ball, bad-mouthing each other, saying what we were going to do to one another out there on the court … He was in good shape, but I wouldn’t say Martin was any kind of athlete, or worked out regularly or any of that. Let’s just say I usually beat him … but there was this one day, on one play, he really got me.”

[With Coretta on King’s mind] “He dribbled, stopped, and at the end he made this sort of crazy, twisty move … He just threw the ball up there and it went in! Well, he raved about that, went on and on, telling me, ‘That was for Coretta! That was for Coretta!’ He got me there, got me real good.’’

  1. Date Posted Icon 16th January 2012
  2. Notes Icon Notes: 29
    3. Tags Icon #martin luther king jr.#mlk#basketball#sports
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