The “Erin Brockovich” star explained to Gayle King that her parents befriended the King family while running an integrated theater school in the ’60s.
Julia Roberts revealed that the late Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, paid the hospital bill for her birth when her parents couldn’t afford it., the “Erin Brockovich” star explained that her parents befriended the Kings while living in Atlanta and running a theater school.
“One day Coretta called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids,” Roberts said, referring to segregation in the 1960s. “My mom was like, ‘Sure, come on over,’ and so they all just became friends, and they helped us out of a jam.”outside one of Betty and Walter Roberts’ plays in response to King Jr’s daughter Yolanda being cast in a role where she had to kiss a white actor.Everett/ShutterstockBettmann Archive
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