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This month marks the 41st anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination.
The lost November 1964 speech is broken out by segments below. Although the recording is at times distorted, you can still hear King's voice echo in the university hall. Of course, you'll hear his trademark soaring oratory, but in Segment 2 you'll even hear him crack a joke about being late.
Read the story of how the recording was lost, and then found, here.
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By: WENDY on 4/14/2009 12:01PM
We love you Rev./Dr. Martin, and you will always be in our minds and hearts--your "Dream" lives!
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By: HERNOT VERSAINT on 4/18/2009 11:57AM
RAISING WHATEVER MUCH OF MONEY CANNOT BE ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE, AS THE ENTIRE NATION. ABOVE ALL THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE MISS AND STILL MISSING THE GIANT MLK'S VOICE; WILL A NEW ONE BE FALLOWED AMONG US AS WE'RE STILL STREGGLING WITH THE IDEO-MULTI-INTER-RACISM WHICH ALWAYS HAD A LIMIT OVER-ALL. THAT'S WHY THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY REQUIRES A SERIOUS RE-EDUCATION ABOVE ALL IN AMERICA TO SET IN THE RIGHT WAY WHAT MLK JUNIOR'S DREAM WAS ABOUT..NOT JUST FOR THE ELECTING POWER, BUT FOR THE REAL INTEGRITY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE AS THE LIGHT THROUGH THE SHADOW..P.S. TRY TO READ "FIRST STEP ON STAGE" by VERSAINT, at POETRY.COM
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By: Let's get real on 4/18/2009 5:16PM
I was so surprised when I heard about this lost MLK recording. I was actually there, when he gave this speech. However, it had been so many years ago that I had forgotten what date and what year. What I did remember was that I was young but I remember how the speech had captivated me into a trance. When it was over, I had to shake myself to come out of the trance. He had taken me "there"! Although I was young, I had marched during the civil rights movement in Dayton and was very active in the movement. I had searched the internet looking for information about this King speech and came up empty... until I read about this lost recording had been found in the local newspaper. This find was more than a surprise to me, and helped me to remember Martin Luther King and the struggle that unfortunately is still not over.
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By: Loridans1 on 4/18/2009 5:06PM
Don't listen to it folks! I hear everone who listens to it gets a $10 invoice from Dexter King. By the way, I'd be willing to bet a not insignificant amount of money that most black people, certainly those under 30, think "Dr. King" had an M.D.! I have just hardly ever heard of anyone not a medical doctor regularly using the title "Dr." I actually have some real-life knowledge in this area, and generally speaking (though psychologists with PhD.'s very often use "Dr."), in the U.S. it is considered the heihth of pretension to use "Dr." to describe yourself if you have a PhD. A good example would be, "Dr. Cornell West". But then again, chiropractors get away with using "Dr.". What did MLK study to get his Ph.D.anyway?
Maybe, since lawyers in the U.S. get "Doctor of Law" degrees ("J.D."), they should also start calling themselves "Dr."??
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By: culturalx on 4/19/2009 12:09PM
Height of pretention!!!!! Come on! This man is a national treasure! There is no title high enough to show the collective respect we owe to him. If he holds a doctorate then people are supposed to, out of respect, call him that. I believe he chose reverend for himself, as far as a preferred title, because he clearly put the almighty father in our hearts and minds before anything and garnered the strength to move a nation just as Gandi did in India. If we had a word like Mahatma in English it could have referred to
DR. REV. M.L. KING JR.!
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By: gail cox on 4/18/2009 11:05PM
I have the album and the cassette of his speech. Also on the cosby show every year, the I have a dream speech is heard. There is not any copies out there
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By: dom on 4/19/2009 2:06AM
man how do u loose something like this. i guess i was just time for the goverment or who ever to release it. that stuff was in no way lost. they know it to. They also know who killed him to. seening how they always followed him and were tapping his phones. they know damn well who did that S^^%. bastards
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By: tony on 4/19/2009 11:21AM
And there are many lost episodes of Black history, like the only female Buffalo soldier,THE TRIPLE NICKLES, the Tuskegee airmen, the Tuskegee experiment, the Negro baseball leagues. Always be careful when reading "HIS-STORY".
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By: culturalx on 4/19/2009 12:16PM
Just for general information: Mahatma was the name for Mr. Gahndi given to him by the people of India. It is the only time in history that this name has been given collectively to anyone in India and is, the highest praise that can be given. As people in American culture and society respect education and hold doctors in esteem, I feel that Doctor is an appropriate title for this great, great man.
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By: william on 4/19/2009 2:31PM
their have never been a time like the present to share our history with the younger generation of today, it just sad more of his tapes have not been found , P,S Thank you Dr King and Your Family for Share Your Dream
we shale never forget
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