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King's Last March Radio Documentary

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Culled from interviews with historians, friends, and associates of MLK's alongside archival footage of speeches, American RadioWorks radio documentary is nothing short of fascinating. I was particularly taken with a segment dedicated to King's "Unfulfilled Dreams" sermon, a shattering case of self-reflection on behalf of MLK. Here he referred to life as a "continual story of shattered dreams."

"There is a civil war going on in your life," King declared. "And every time you set out to be good, there's something pulling on you, telling you to be evil."

I was moved by his shift towards addressing poverty on a National scale, which in many ways called for radical changes in America -- both politically and economically.

The hour long program was produced in partnership with the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. Although the program is only an hour in length, the wealth of information being made available does not stop there. There is a range of stuff to dig into, from archived sermons to FBI files on MLK. Fascinating.

Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
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