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Piece Description
Forty years ago today, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. As with the death of John F. Kennedy, many people remember where they were and exactly what they were doing when they first heard the news. Philip Graitcer spoke with seniors at the Helene S. Mills Center in Atlanta's Fourth Ward.
Broadcast History
WABE, Atlanta - April 4, 2008 (planned broadcast)
Transcript
At the downtown Atlanta Holiday Inn, 21-year old Louis Coleman was waiting tables.
louis-coleman-11 ( 14) The manager came and got all the blacks together and told us what happened - Dr. King had just been assassinated and that we could leave if we wanted to. And I felt like my brother or my father had just been killed.
Loistene McWorter was working as a postal clerk. She grew up near the King family on Irby street.
loistene11-01 (15.5)I remember just shouting out that MLK had got shot been assassinated. And everything just stopped, and well, I started crying, and it seems like when you talk about it, like it just happened.
In Chattanooga, Jamal Jones, was a senior in high school. He played in the school?s band.
jamal_jones-12 (13.5) I was in the band room and we played the star spangled banner after we heard it, everybody went outside, the teachers just calmed us do...
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HOST INTRO:
Forty years ago today, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. As with the death of John F. Kennedy, many people remember where they were and exactly what they were doing when they first heard the news.
Philip Graitcer spoke with seniors at the Helene S. Mills Center in Atlanta?s Fourth Ward.
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