In 1963, George Romney gave the keynote address at the
conference that sparked the Martin Luther King "Freedom Marches"
in Detroit. The first King event was the Metropolitan Conference
on Open Occupancy, held in Detroit in January, 1963. The second
was the Martin Luther King Freedom March, in June of the same
year. According to Joe Darden, "the spin offs of [that march]
were several Detroit NAACP-sponsored interracial marches into
the Detroit suburbs." (Detroit, Race and Uneven Development, by
Joe T. Darden, 1987, pg 132. Time.com.) Governor Mitt Romney's
father, George Romney, marched with Martin Luther King, Jr.,
showing clearly that he stood solidly in favor of Civil Rights.
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