Feb. 3, 2023
Lost footage of 1966 MLK visit to Raleigh found – extended interview
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As a special bonus episode today, listen in on WRAL anchor/reporter Ken Smith’s extended interview with North Carolina State University professor Jason Miller about recently found film of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Reynolds Coliseum in 1966. Miller talks about the moment he found out about the existence of the film after years of searching, the images it shows – including a KKK protest outside the coliseum – and how the film informs our collective understanding of this complicated and important moment in North Carolina’s civil rights history.
