Meet Evan Young, an eighteen-year-old student who was supposed to be the 2015 class valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colorado. But his principal prevented him from giving his graduation speech after learning he would announce he is gay. Tune in to Democracy Now! to watch Young deliver his full address at an Out Boulder fundraiser Sunday night, two weeks later. We also speak with Young live.
In a Democracy Now! and Pacifica Radio Archives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Click here to listen.
On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. The speech was recorded by Saul Bernstein, who was working as the European correspondent for Pacifica Radio. Bernstein’s recording was recently discovered by Brian DeShazor, director of the Pacifica Radio Archives.
To watch more of our MLK Day specials, King speeches, and interviews with many of King’s colleagues from the Civil Rights Movement, visit our special in-depth page and our online archive.