Martin Luther King Jr. & the Civil Rights Movement
This pages features rarely seen speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. aired on Democracy Now!, as well as interviews with and about his colleagues in the Civil Rights Movement, including Vincent Harding, who co-wrote MLK’s Speech Against Vietnam War; Gloria Richardson, who was set to speak at the 1963 March on Washington; Sarah Collins Rudolph, often referred to as the "fifth victim" in the Ku Klux Klan’s bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; historian Taylor Branch on the Kennedys’ aversion to Dr. King’s struggle; and much more.
Top Stories
- In a Democracy Now! and Pacifica Radio Archives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace...Jan 19, 2015 | STORY
- In a Black History Month special, we air excerpts of a rarely seen Oscar-nominated documentary about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the rise of the civil rights movement. Produced by Ely...Feb 25, 2013 | STORY
- Today we spend the hour remembering the pioneering historian, theologian and civil rights activist Dr. Vincent Harding. He died on May 19 at the age of 82 in Philadelphia. He lived in...May 26, 2014 | STORY
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