THE MONTHLY GLEANER | FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 22, 2023 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | FEATURE 14 AS THE nation joins in recognising Black History Month, see highlights of the visits of some notable black leaders. In this Gleaner file photo, the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, iconic leader of the civil rights movement in the United States, addresses a crowd at Jamaica’s National Stadium in June 1965. GLEANER PHOTO The Emperor Haile Selassie laying a wreath at the foot of the cenotaph in the George VI Memorial Park on April 22, 1966. GLEANER PHOTO 1974: World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali (left) alights with his son Muhammad Ali from the Air Jamaica aircraft which took him from Chicago to the Norman Manley International Airport on December 28 for a four-day stay in Jamaica. At left (immediately to the right of baby Ali) is the champion’s wife Belinda, seen holding her 6-year-old daughter Maryum. GLEANER PHOTOGRAPH South African President Nelson Mandela disembarks the aircraft on his visit to Jamaica, July 1991. FILE President of Haiti Paul Eugène Magloire is escorted by Dr Walter Grave, principal of the University College of the West Indies, during his visit to the island on February 17, 1955. GLEANER PHOTO
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