Episode 229: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.




BMA: Black Media Archive show

Summary: Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! This episode is a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on April 19, 1961. Southern Baptists were not unified in their posture toward the Civil Rights movement and in 1961 the outcome was far from certain. In this speech, you will hear Dr. King cast his vision for the church’s role in racial reconciliation.