Remembering and Celebrating

Martin Luther King Jr. Special Programming
In recognition of Martin Luther King Day., CMCM is pleased to offer a
number of special programs celebrating his work and legacy. Check the Channel 26 schedule for airdates.

MLK Day - Marin City 2009
Highlights of last year's annual MLK day events held at Manzanita Community Center in Marin City.

Open Mind "The New Negro" - 1957 (29 min)
Martin Luther King Jr was a featured guest on this seminal NYC television talk show hosted by Richard D. Heffner with guest Judge J. Waities Waring. The program provides a glimpse of the early period of the civil rights movement  in the late 50's and King's strategy.  watch online at archive.org

Open Mind "Race Relations in America" - 1963/1992 (120 min)
This program provides an insightful look into the state of the civil rights movement in 1963 and the turbulent days ahead. Guests included Malcom X (Minister, Mosque No7), Wyatt T Walker:  (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), Alan Morrison (Editor, Ebony Magazine) and James Farmer (Director CORE - Congress of Racial Equality). Later in the program a 1992 followup interview looks back with guests James Farmer and Wyatt T. Walker. watch online at archive.org

"Beyond Vietnam" MLK Speech at Riverside Church NYC - 1967 (53 min)
One of Martin Luther King Jr's most influential speeches in which he takes the US government to task over Vietnam policy and which represents a major shift in policy for the civil rights movement. Only audio documentation of this speech exists - for this video presentation we've provided rare national archive film footage of the the Selma to Montgomery march. listen online at archive.org