{"id":958824,"date":"2023-01-16T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=fcd6dd8d5306f7125e8f971bb5d1406c"},"modified":"2023-01-16T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:12:00","slug":"martin-luther-king-jr-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/01\/16\/martin-luther-king-jr-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Martin Luther King Day!\u00a0 MR's compilation of MLK-related audio returns!<\/p>

Excerpts include:<\/p>

-A previously unheard speech from MLK on reparations, white economic anxiety and guaranteed income\u00a0<\/p>

-Dr. King\u2019s first TV \u201cinterview\u201d from the show \u201cThe Open Mind \u2013 The New Negro\u201d in 1957, hosted by Professor Richard D. Hefner.<\/p>

-\"Beyond Vietnam\", the speech delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City.<\/p>

-MLK\u2019s last speech, \u201cRemaining Awake Through a Great Revolution\u201c, delivered at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., on 31 March 1968.<\/p>

-Walter Cronkite reporting King\u2019s assassination in 1968.<\/p>

-Nina Simone performing the song \u201cWhy?\u201d live, 3 days following MLK\u2019s assassination at the Westbury Music Fair on Long Island in April 1968.<\/p> Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter:

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This post was originally published on The Majority Report with Sam Seder<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Martin Luther King Day!\u00a0 MR’s compilation of MLK-related audio returns! Excerpts include: -A previously unheard speech from MLK on reparations, white economic anxiety and guaranteed income\u00a0 -Dr. King\u2019s first TV \u201cinterview\u201d from the show \u201cThe Open…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958825,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958824\/revisions\/958825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}