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When Martin Luther King came to Yellow Springs

January 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Histories

"Martin Luther King Jr. said that solving the problems of racial injustice, poverty and war were the leading challenges of the day during his address at Antioch’s commencement ceremony on June 19, 1965." [Photo and caption via Yellow Springs News]Photo via Yellow Springs News: “Martin Luther King Jr. said that solving the problems of racial injustice, poverty and war were the leading challenges of the day during his address at Antioch’s commencement ceremony on June 19, 1965.”

WYSO will broadcast its MLK documentary at noon and 7:00 p.m. today. You also can listen to an on-demand stream:

In 1965 Dr, Martin Luther King gave the commencement speech at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Ten year-old Jalyn Jones Roe was there and that day changed her life. Roe’s story will be heard as WYSO public radio presents Dr. King’s address, in its entirety.

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  • Mark Willis

    In his graduation address, Martin Luther King got a chuckle from the audience when he suggested that he might start an organization called the International Association for Creative Maladjustment. How did he know there would be charter members in Yellow Springs?

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