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Lost MLK Tape Found 45 Years Later

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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After 45 years of mysteriously disappearing, the recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to students at the University of Dayton in 1964, in Dayton, Ohio, in an effort to raise money for his civil rights agenda has resurfaced. The audio’s discovery is attributed to retired professor Ted Clark, who stumbled upon the missing tape, according to CBSnews.com. Ironically, this month marks the forty-first anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination.—JW