On a clear day in August 1958, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Pittsburgh’s Wylie Avenue. Deacon Ernest Darby, now 88, was there, watching King driving up to Central Baptist Church in a single car; there was no entourage. The church, overflowing with about 2,200 people, was buzzing, Mr. Darby recalled last week as he pointed to the back of the room where he sat during King’s sermon. The church seats only about 1,800, he said, forcing hundreds to stand. “People were standing up and just waiting to hear what he had to say to this community, and also to this country,” he said. Read more at the link in our bio. 📝: Lindsay Shachnow/Post-Gazette 📸: Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette, Post-Gazette archives #pittsburgh #MLK #pittsburghhistory