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MLK Day Special: King in London, excerpts from “Beyond Vietnam,” and Walter Earl Fluker on the future of the Black Church

0:08 – On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

0:34 – We hear excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech against the Vietnam War, known as Beyond Vietnam, delivered April 4, 1967 at New York City’s Riverside Church.

1:08 – Cat Brooks interviews Walter Earl Fluker (@WalterEarFluker), professor at the Boston University School of Theology and author of the book The Ground Has Shifted: The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America.

1:34 – We air a piece by journalist Colin Edwards about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final visit to northern California on January 14, 1968, from the Pacifica Archive.

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