Dr. Martin Luther King's 'Lost' Speech at The National Press Club

In July 1962 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first African American to speak at the National Press Club. An audio recording was made of the speech and filed away in the Club’s Archives and later transferred to the Library of Congress. No television footage of the speech in its entirety exists.

The Club's History and Heritage Committee recently retrieved the recording and found it is of significant historical value. Coming just days after Dr. King was released from jail in Albany, Ga., the civil rights leader outlined his vision for non-violent protest as the best way to achieve racial equality.

On Jan. 12, 2016, portions of the speech were played and experts on the civil rights movement added context and perspective to what Dr. King said. Press Club President John Hughes also unveiled a permanent Club memorial to Dr. King's speech.

Click here to listen to the speech or read the transcript - http://www.press.org/mlk

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