Listen at 8 Monday, January 17th for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special, Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity.
Say It Loud traces the last 50 years of black history through stirring,
historically important speeches by African Americans from across the
political spectrum. The documentary illuminates tidal changes in African
American political power and questions of black identity through the
speeches of deeply influential black Americans. With recordings
unearthed from libraries and sound archives, and made widely available
here for the first time, Say It Loud includes landmark speeches by
Malcolm X, Lorraine Hansberry, Angela Davis, Martin Luther King Jr.,
Henry Louis Gates, and many others.
This program is produced by American Radioworks.