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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-11-09 09:04 PM
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MLK Tape Lost For 45 Years And Found Again
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MLK Tape Lost For 45 Years And Found Again
Retired Professor Stumbled Upon 1964 Recording Of Civil Rights Leader At University Of Dayton

April 11, 2009 | by Michelle Miller

(CBS) This month marks the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Now, thanks to a quirk of fate, some of his most stirring words are getting a whole new hearing, as CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports.

The halls of the University of Dayton field house echoed with the voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. The November 1964 speech was powerful and passionate in its optimism.

"I must say that we have come a long, long way in the struggle to make civil rights a reality," King said that day.
Click here to read more about the rediscovery of the recording and to listen to audio of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1964 speech at the Universty of Dayton.
King was in Dayton, Ohio to raise funds for his civil rights agenda.

Ted Clark was 28 at the time and was one of the few whites in attendance. He remembers exactly where he sat.

"I have to admit there was some apprehension," Clark said.

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