What they're saying ...
“The discovery of the relic documenting the debut of King’s iconic speech could not come at a more significant time.”
Christian Science Monitor
“This is incredible.”
CNN
“It gives me goosebumps. What a discovery!"
CBS This Morning
“A recording was not known to exist until English professor Jason Miller found an aging reel-to-reel tape in a local library.”
The Independent (UK)
“North Carolina English professor found tape of first version of speech King gave in high school gym in 1962, eight months before historic delivery in Washington.”
The Guardian
“Miller was able to confirm that Hughes' work, and specifically the poem 'I Dream a World,' influenced King’s speeches.”
USA Today
“Easily, by far, the best new thing in the world today.”
The Rachel Maddow Show
“A major find”
Universal News
“The tape, discovered by an English professor, is believed to be the first ever recording of the speech.”
BBC
This is a segment from a rarely heard Martin Luther King Jr. speech that he gave in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on November 27, 1962. This speech marks the first time Dr. King used the now-famous phrase "I have a dream" and is a central moment in an upcoming documentary film, "Origin of the Dream," now in production.
"Origin of the Dream" is a feature-length documentary film and mixed-media project that illuminates the unexplored intersections between two of the twentieth century’s foremost African American visionaries: poet Langston Hughes and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
