MLK recordings surface in Summerville woman’s home

  • Christina Elmore
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  • Monday, November 26th, 2012
    Dr.Martin Luther King speaking in Charleston in 1967 at County Hall seated at left is Essau Jenkins.

    Dr.Martin Luther King speaking in Charleston in 1967 at County Hall seated at left is Essau Jenkins.

    Birdie and Laura Crosby examine a Sony tape recorder purchased in the 1960s by Laura’s father, Eugene Sloan, a former reporter for The (Columbia) State newspaper. Sloan used the recorder to capture a speech the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave in Charleston on July 30, 1967.

    Birdie and Laura Crosby examine a Sony tape recorder purchased in the 1960s by Laura’s father, Eugene Sloan, a former reporter for The (Columbia) State newspaper. Sloan used the recorder to capture a speech the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave in Charleston on July 30, 1967. Buy this photo