MLK at Southern Seminary in 1961

On April 19, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Alumni Chapel at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The speech was titled, “The Church on the Frontier of Racial Tension.” You can read about King’s visit to Southern Seminary here. You can listen to the address below or download it here. The SBTS library has made available a facsimile of the 1961 manuscript here.

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