Remembering a Great American
In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I watched several video’s from YouTube’s “From the Archives” this morning. Here they are in order:
1. Martin Luther King Jr. on NBC’s Meet the Press in 1965, shortly after the marches in Selma, AL:
2. Walter Cronkite’s CBS Evening News report of King’s assassination in Memphis, TN, April 4, 1968:
3. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral with words of his last sermon played for attendees (Upon his wife’s request):
4. President Reagan’s speech on making Martin Luther King, Jr. day a national holiday:












