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'The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr: 40 Years After'

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:02:00 -0500

From "The Tavis Smiley Show," a look at Dr. King's life and legacy with the guests Clarence Jones, Harry Belafonte, and others.

Sherryll Mitchell

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:42:30 -0500

Hoping this comment finds you in good health and spirits. I was very enlighten as always by your show last week. It was a living history lesson so often times we can't have first hand knowledge but to actually talk to those who were there put our history in a whole new light. Keep up the good work, it is a great service to us all. And as in always KEEP THE FAITH.

katherine conway

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:54:52 -0500

This live show on the 40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King was the most outstanding production I have heard in the past year. I thought Dorothy Cotton was fabulous as well as Harry Belafonte, and, especially the speaker who was one of the surviving garbage men from the Memphis strike that brought Martin Luther King to Memphis. A wonderful background story on the strike was done several years back in the Boston Globe by Wil Haygood (sp), but I did not remember that two men lost their lives when they tried to get out of the rain.
Thank you for making this show a reality. After I heard it, I wrote a check to WBUR, from where I hear it.
Sincerely,
Katheirne Conway
Katherine Conway

Kay

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:49:28 -0500

I really enjoyed the radio version of "The Tavis Smiley Show" which aired on Sunday, 4/6/08, 6:00-8:00 p.m. EST, on NPR'S WBOI 89.7 FM. I enjoyed every word, every guest, and every moment of this show and special which honored the life, efforts, speech, and love of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was very educational, informative, sharing, intimate, real, live, historical, relevant, emotional, touching, diverse, truthful, spiritual, enlightening, exploring, remindful, encouraging, stimulating, contextual, and revealing. It allowed me to live history in a very real way. I felt like I toured a museum of gold and collected treasures for myself, which I can and should share with my family, friends, and loved ones.

I greatly
anticipated listening to tonight's show as I repeatedly heard it advertised on NPR. (I set my cell phone alarm as a reminder.)

Thank you Mr. Tavis Smiley, PRI, NPR, and guests for the opportunity to listen to media and a program of such substance.

Grateful,
Kara Edens

Karen Lawson

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:10:25 -0500

Listening to Dr. Cornel West argue that it was not Dr. King's life that made the real difference to the quality of life experienced by Black Americans, but his death and the riots and violence which followed, seemed very sad to me. I think Dr. King's love and hope lifted us up, all of us! I don't want to think he was wrong in beleiving that such love and hope was the answer, not violence and hate.

Greg Trapp

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:25:40 -0500

Mr. Smiley's broadcast on the anniversary of Dr. King's death was the most riveting, uplifting shows I have heard from the media in years. Is it possible to acquire transcripts or an audio copy of that program?

Armstrong O'Brian Ongera, Jnr.

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:53:35 -0500

Dr. martin Luther King,Jr. is a living soul to many people across the world.

He will posthumously inspire many for really causes of for speaking fro the minority without prejudice!

In Kenya, Dr. King is revered!

Long live his dream!