New American Gazette: Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 speech at the Ford Hall Forum, "The Future of Desegregation," audio recording and transcript

Authors

Martin Luther King
Barbara Jordan

Files

Identifier

ms113AV-0008

Collection Number

Ford Hall Forum Collection, 1908-2013 (MS113)

Description

Three weeks before he was jailed for leading peaceful protesters in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. King addressed the Ford Hall Forum in March 1963. His address, "The Future of Desegregation," coincided with the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Dr. King called for renewed Federal efforts at desegregation, while noting that "the law cannot change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless." The forum was rebroadcast as part of the New American Gazette program and includes an introduction by Barbara Jordan.

Subject Heading

Forums (Discussion and debate); Ford Hall Forum; African Americans -- Civil rights; African Americans -- Segregation

Date

3-5-1989

Keywords

African Americans -- Civil rights, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

City

Boston

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Recommended Citation

King, Martin Luther and Jordan, Barbara, "New American Gazette: Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 speech at the Ford Hall Forum, "The Future of Desegregation," audio recording and transcript" (1989). Ford Hall Forum Recordings. 84.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-av/84