Left to right: Sisters Josepha Twomey (holding baby Synethia Perkins), Bernice (Dorothy) Quinn, Felicitas (Mary) Weaver, Margaret Isabel Tracy, and Mary Paul Geck greet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma, AL (1965).

Baby Synethia was born on Jan. 15, 1965, the same date as Dr. King’s birthday. Her mother, Etta Perkins, brought her baby to the hospital to meet Dr. King when he visited in March.