Ford Hall Forum Recordings
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
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Identifier
ms113AV-0008
Collection Number
Ford Hall Forum Collection, 1908-2013 (MS113)
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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