This has a pretty cool back story!
In honor of Roberts’ 55th birthday on Oct. 28, someone tweeted a clip of the actress sharing the story with journalist Gayle King, who has no relation to the civil rights leaders.
Roberts explained that her parents owned a theater school in Atlanta and Coretta Scott King asked if her children could be part of the school. She said their children were having a hard time finding a place that would accept them, as it was the time of Jim Crow laws and segregation in the south. Roberts’ mother told accepted them into the school, thus beginning the friendship between the civil rights leaders and the actress’ parents.Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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