Dominique Wilkins Reveals Untold Stories from the First MLK Day Games 40 Years Ago—What It Truly Meant to Play That Day
Wilkins understood, because he grew up in a very different time and in many ways a different world. He is old enough to remember Dr. King being assassinated. And when an 18-year-old Wilkins, growing up in North Carolina, announced he was going to play his college ball at Georgia, he said he got death threats and his family had a cross burned on their lawn. Wilkins saw firsthand the changes Dr. King helped bring about.
Players who spend time with the Hawks organization in Atlanta get an understanding — not just from the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park & Preservation District, but from the way his presence is still felt throughout the city.



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