Shelley's Plumbline: Rare Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shelley’s Plumbline

To kick off Season 3 of Shelley's Plumbline, we went through his archives, and Shelley rediscovered some rare recordings of #MLK that he had forgotten about.

These are speeches MLK made in Birmingham! Why are they rare? Because for his protection and to keep Bull Conner guessing, Dr. King would often show up to churches unannounced to make speeches.

Shelley Stewart was in attendance recording the choir when Dr. King showed up. They left the recorder running when he made these speeches. You can hear them both in this week's podcast.

Very timely given that September 15 is the anniversary of bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
In Season 3, Shelley sets the record straight on the "Movement" and how only the media called it the "Civil Rights Movement." It was, and is, a Movement for the freedom of all people.

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Chapters

1. Introduction of the oldest podcaster in the world: Dr. Shelley Stewart (00:00:00)

2. Shelley introduces Season 3 (00:01:22)

3. Shelley sets the record straight on "The Movement" and how it was always more than just "civil" rights. (00:02:21)

4. The fight for human rights (00:02:57)

5. Many Black churches and leaders were afraid of the movement (00:04:14)

6. Some did not want MLK in Birmingham (00:05:25)

7. The children were not afraid (00:07:12)

8. Shelley was at the mass meetings (00:08:14)

9. Dr King did not let the Black community know he was coming to Birmingham. There were spies who would turn him in! (00:09:33)

10. We're not afraid anymore (00:10:54)

11. MLK speech number 1 from New Pilgrim Church (00:11:24)

12. Shelley's segue into speech 2 (00:24:40)

13. MLK speech number 2 from the second church (00:25:06)

14. Shelley's closing comments (00:35:38)

15. Closing credits (00:36:51)