Peedee, South Carolina native Carol King was in her final year of high school when she heard Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Like millions of other African Americans she too had a dream. Hearing his speech stoked the flames of determination for her and gave her the courage to achieve her own dream: to become a nurse. In 1964 King graduated from Marion High School in Peedee with honors and she ranked in the top ten of her class. Following her graduation King moved to Philadelphia to attend a nursing school...
