Black Press, the Mainstream Media, and MLK

Herb Boyd, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Taylor Branch, and Jami Floyd at “The Strategic King: MLK's Visionary Leadership”

A 1963 archival recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. precedes a panel on black press, the mainstream media and MLK featuring journalist, educator and author Herb Boyd, journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam and Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian.

 

An excerpt from the MLK celebration hosted by Jami Floyd, Alison Stewart and WQXR’s Terrance McKnight at the Apollo. This year’s theme was “The Strategic King: MLK's Visionary Leadership.”