The images will spark different memories. At some point today, he will look down on his phone and see a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A clip from one of King’s speeches will play on his television. The players he coaches will slip on a shirt with the slain civil rights leader’s name.
When it happens, Utah Jazz assistant coach Antonio Lang will think about his own upbringing in Mobile, Alabama, where the fight for equality for black Americans meant snarling dogs, fire hoses turned on protesters, a church bombing that left four young children dead.