Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation and Apartheid South Africa (must-read/listen)

Change the names Martin Luther King Jr. referred to in this previously unheard 1964 London speech, and find Dr. King’s utterly profound, visionary message still applies on Earth now in 2015.

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I highly recommend listening to the entire speech on the audio player below or reading the entire transcript. ~ DS

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Image via Cocoabiscuit

Democracy Now! on Jan 19, 2015

On Dec. 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. The speech was recorded by Saul Bernstein, who was working as the European correspondent for Pacifica Radio. Bernstein’s recording was recently discovered by Brian DeShazor, director of the Pacifica Radio Archives. Today is the federal holiday that honors King.

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"The first peace, which is most important, is that which comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us." - Black Elk, Sioux Holy Man As a self-described free thinker and proud, absolutely unapologetic peace activist ... May the circle of brotherhood and friendship travel around the Earth - now and forever.

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