Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talks about his life and childhood in 1961 interview

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Published January 19, 2026 at 5:00 AM EST

NPR revisits a series of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews with a soft-spoken Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1961.

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