"He Really Talked That Night" -- Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Speech - from StoryCorps
In April of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his now legendary "I've been to the mountaintop..." speech in Memphis, TN. Dr. King had traveled to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers and addressed a gathering at the Mason Temple. Taylor and Bessie Rogers were in the audience that night and heard Dr. King speak. Listen to their recollection of the address, given the evening before King was shot: http://www.storycorps.net/audio/rogers.mp3 [MP3, 1:35 minutes]
This oral history is made available from StoryCorps, a national project that records individuals' personal histories and stories. The Library of Congress archives each interview, and National Public Radio broadcasts an excerpt each Friday on Morning Edition. For more information, visit http://www.storycorps.net/.
Mary Ellen Spencer, Head - Research and Reference Services.