Civil rights activist and author Sheyann Webb-Christburg presented “My Childhood Experiences with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” as the keynote address at the La Crosse Community Annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Jan. 18 in the Fine Arts Center Main Theatre.

Called the “Smallest Freedom Fighter” by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Webb-Christburg was nine years old in 1965 when she participated in the iconic civil rights march known as “Bloody Sunday.”