Interview with Martin Luther King Sr., Part 2, circa 1970

Collection:: Edward A. Jones Photograph Collection
Title:: Interview with Martin Luther King Sr., Part 2, circa 1970
Date of Original:: 1970
Subject:: African American churches
African Americans--Religion
African Americans--Segregation
Civil rights movements
Location:: United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium:: interviews
Type:: Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
Description:: This interview focuses on Martin Luther King Sr.’s entry into the Christian ministry in 1917. He describes his early years as a singer and the internal "urge" to preach despite his limited formal education and initial skepticism from church elders. The interview also captures his transition away from the agrarian South. While he recalls the mutual aid and joy of "hog-killing time," he expresses a firm refusal to return to farm life, citing the systemic injustices and grueling manual labor that defined his rural upbringing.
Metadata URL:: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.132:0119
Language:: eng
Original Collection:: Edward A. Jones Papers||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:132
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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