WAYNE COUNTY Julia Cardi The Detroit News June 12, 2026, 4:41 p.m. ET View Comments Dearborn — Jawana Jackson was four years old when she made a promise to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, who was a close friend of her parents. She promised King, whom she knew as "Uncle Martin," to touch people's lives — mainly so he would give her a cookie, she said.