The plans for Martin Luther King Jr.'s pilgrimage were ambitious. King was slated to lead thousands of pilgrims to the Holy Land, where he would preach on the Mount of Olives and at a specially constructed amphitheater on the Sea of Galilee. He would preside over a series of “multi-racial interfaith services” at the region's sacred sites.
“I count this a rare privilege in my ministry to lead this Pilgrimage,” King wrote in a release on May 15, 1967, describing the visit to the “land from which our faith burst forth.”
But the pilgrimage would never materialize — the Six-Day War that broke out weeks later interrupted King's plans.
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