He risked his career to interview Martin Luther King. It’s now streaming for the first time
Martin Luther King Jr., it’s easy to become nostalgic for a time when there was more substantive discourse on television. The Newark, N.J. TV station where the show originated signed off for the night when they were done. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. AdvertisementBy 1963, Susskind’s show had developed a reputation for highbrow chatter with authors, journalists and politicians. Martin Luther King Jr. at the culmination of the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.
Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2019 23:03 UTC
