Never-before-heard recording of ‘I Have a Dream’ released, taken a year before famed rendition

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Never-before-heard recording of ‘I Have a Dream’ released, taken a year before famed rendition http://abcn.ws/1L3PrTk


Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in front of a massive crowd in Washington DC in 1963, a small group in a high school gymnasium in North Carolina got to hear a preview.

North Carolina State University held an unveiling in the Hunt Library today of the never-before-heard recording of Dr. King giving the speech to Rocky Mount High School on Nov. 27, 1962, nearly a year before the famed rendition on Aug. 28, 1963.

The tape, believed to be the first version of the speech, was discovered by Jason Miller, an English professor at the school.

Miller told ABC News he found the tape in a box with Martin Luther King Jr.’s name scrawled in pencil on it, followed by the words, “Please do not erase.”


read: http://abcnews.go.com/US/heard-recording-mlks-dream-speech-released/story?id=33021373

Hear portions of the tape on ABC-owned station WTVD-TV.: https://soundcloud.com/abc11-wtvd/dr-king-speech-press-conference2


King first delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at a high school gymnasium in Rocky Mount

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1. Cool, thanks for posting. n/t

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2. yep

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3. Thanks for the shout out.

I come from an NC State family. We also hosted Michelle Obama and also the President with her on a different occasion. Great post.