Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. I've collected websites and radio stories and documentaries to share with you for the occasion: King's last speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
The radio documentary on the events and "mood" of King's last year
If you haven' the time for the entire documentary, this story from Weekend America is a good summary and gives you a good feel for what the documentary is like:
or go here if the embed doesn't work
This story, which I had never heard, about how James Brown played at the Gahdin on the night MLK was assassinated, and how that show helped "keep the peace" in Boston, unlike other major cities, which went into turmoil.
James Taylor's tribute song to Martin Luther King "Shed a Little Light"
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