MLK Jr., The Last Speech

It Was Said

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Ep 1: In one of the most tumultuous moments in American history, Martin Luther King Jr. travels to Memphis to address the issue of racial and economic injustice. With eloquent language and brilliant rhetoric, he creates a mosaic of the ongoing Civil Rights struggle, culminating with a fearless and defiant premonition. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	See 13 Originals
0:17.4	The hour was late.
0:19.9	Half past 9 on the evening of Wednesday, April 3, 1968.
0:25.3	At the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, the seat of the Pentecostal Church of God
0:29.9	in Christ, Martin Luther King Jr. had taken the pulpit.
0:34.6	A heavy storm had blown through at dusk, keeping turnout light for the rally for the city's
0:41.0	striking sanitation workers.
0:44.2	King hadn't wanted to leave the Lorraine motel where he was staying in room 306, but had
0:49.6	conceded when his friend Ralph Abernathy called him and said he needed to brave the
0:54.5	reign.
0:56.5	Thank you very kindly, my friends, as I listen to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and
1:07.3	generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about.
1:19.2	I'm delighted to see each of you here tonight in spite of a storm warning.
1:29.0	You reveal that you are determined to go on anyhow.
1:37.0	It had already been a long day.
1:39.6	In Atlanta, King's commercial Delta flight to Memphis had been held up for fear of a
1:44.2	bomb in the baggage hold.
1:46.6	The pilot had told the passengers, ladies and gentlemen, I want to apologize for the
1:51.3	delay, but today we have on board Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and we have to be very careful.
1:58.8	We had the plane guarded all night and we have been checking people's luggage.
2:03.7	Now that everything is clear, we are preparing for takeoff.
2:08.2	And so now, King struck illogic notes in the Memphis night.
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