Martin Luther King Recording Found In India

from National Public Radio

In February and March 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, traveled throughout India. Nearly 50 years after that visit, staff at All India Radio discovered a message taped by Doctor King. In it, he emphasizes his intellectual debt to Mahatma Gandhi's message of nonviolent social action.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, January 16, 2009