b'February 2024H & CThe 4th annualContinued from Page 8 FASHIONP R O S EXTRAVAGANZA M NTI OO50/50Ticket price V I PGeneral$ 100 or AdmissionAPRIL 14 2for $ 180 $ 80 or 21 PM - 6 PM for $ 150 Journalist, Dr. Barbara Reynolds, with Martin Luther King III (left) and the now late Dexter Scott King (on right wearing hat) in their younger years.Crown Plaza Event Center15500 E 40th Ave All tickets include dinner Denver 80239 and other discomforts prolonging her life. She died Vendors Sponsorsat the age of 78.TRICIMAYNE DESIGNS A-1 BOXINGGRAPES FROM DVINE RAYZ D LICIOUS BBQ Both mother and son shared an intense determination EYE PAPARAZZIMISS LILLIES BEAUTY SALON to prove to the nation that James Earl Ray did not kill SWEET SAVOUR CAKERY Fresh Fades by T Martin Luther King Jr, that his murder was the result THE HUFF HOMEOWNERSHIP BODY OF CHRIST of a conspiracy involving the U.S. government and LEGACY TEAM LLC FS TRAVEL CONSULTANT the assassins should be held accountable. More vendors to come. PIPKIN BRASSWELL MORTUARYIn the early 1990s I picked Dexter up at the DC airportFASHIONS BY - and took him to the National Press Club where I had INTERNATIONAL MAN LA LA FASHION helped arrange a briefing on the assassination. HeROSEMA AFRICAN DESIGNPLATINUM BRIDAL LACHAE REDESIGNKID TO KID spoke about his plans to meet with Ray and that he believedRaysclaimofinnocenceand,basedon other evidence, felt along with other family members For info contact Hansel Turner @ 720-621-3870that Ray was not the lone assassin.On December 8, 1999, Dexter and Mrs. King, on behalf of the family, pursued a civil suit in Memphis. A jury of six Whites and six Blacks unanimously implicated U.S. government agencies in the wrongful death of Dr. King. The shocking evidence convinced the jury that Dr. King had been the victim of assassination byaconspiracyinvolvingtheMemphisPolice Departmentaswellaslocal,state,andfederal government agencies, and the Mafia. The Jury also concluded, just as Dexter had argued all along, that Ray was not the shooter, but had been set up as a patsy to take the blame.This news, where both Dexter and Mrs. King testified, should have rocked the world, but unfortunately it landed like the noise of a feather hitting the ground. The verdict and shocking testimony were virtually ignored by the media - as it is today.Dexterwasoftencriticizedforhisinsistenceon following up on details ignored by the press, but he argued that it was hard for him to believe looking into his fathers murder was somehow illogical.Yet, even in this failure, Dexter believed as his mother did, that they had both freed themselves of the guilt of not pushing for the truth. So many times, they had heard their father and husband say, Truth crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again.Andtheyleftthisworldbelievingthatonedayit would.TheRev.Dr.BarbaraReynoldsisco-authorofthe memoir,CorettaScottKing:MyLife,MyLove,My Legacy. Follow us on14'