To many young people today, Martin Luther King, Jr. is a figure as remote as Abraham Lincoln or the Buddha. If all you know of Dr. King is his “I Have a Dream” speech, you must watch this program! The Open Mind, the longest-running interview show on public television, was hosted by Richard Heffner. Beginning in 1956, Heffner engaged some of the most prominent members of intellectual society with his pointed and confident interviewing style. In each show, Heffner led a conversation focused on one political or social issue. Today’s episode, from 1957, features Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. and South Carolina Federal Judge J. Waites Waring discussing the topic “The New Negro.”
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