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Lectures in History

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

History, Politics, News

4.1 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Professor Clayborne Carson talked about Martin Luther King Jr.'s early life, why he decided to become a minister, and how that contributed to his work in the Civil Rights movement. This class took place at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where King followed in his father’s footsteps as pastor. The class was from a course that was part of a Stanford University program in which students could take a three-week seminar that included field trips before their sophomore year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is American History TV's Lectures in History podcast.

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This week, a class on Martin Luther King Jr.'s early life taught by Professor Claiborne Carson of Stanford University.

1:11.8

The class took place at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where King followed in his father's footsteps as a pastor.

1:14.3

Who is Martin Luther King?

1:17.4

When we look at Martin Luther King, there's one side of him that is a famous individual.

1:25.0

He is the 1964 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

1:28.3

He's the person who really was the most influential leader of a great social movement.

1:38.3

He is the only American who is honored with a national holiday in his name.

1:49.0

So there is that uniqueness that, you know, practically everybody in the world knows the name Martin Luther King.

1:56.0

But the question is that I'd like to address right in this setting is who really was Martin Luther King.

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