Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1962 visit to Dartmouth remembered [Video]

DAY THIS WEEKEND, WE’RE TAKING A LOOK BACK AT THE SPEECH. THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON GAVE AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE IN MAY OF 1962. IN IT, HE SAID, MEN OFTEN HATE EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY FEAR EACH OTHER AND THEY FEAR EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW EACH OTHER AND THEY DON’T KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY CAN’T COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEY CAN’T COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER. AND I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDIES OF LIFE IS THAT MOMENT WHEN MEN SEEK TO LIVE IN MONOLOGUE RATHER THAN DIALOG. DOCTOR KING WENT ON TO SAY IT WOULD TAKE STRONG LEADERSHIP ACROSS SOCIETY TO MEND THAT DISCONNECT. THE VISIT WAS A FRONT PAGE STORY OF THE VALLEY NEWS AT THE TIME, WITH THE HEADLINE MARTIN LUTHER KING CALLS FOR END OF SEGREGATION. THE PAPER REPORTED A CAPACITY CROWD IN DARTMOUTH HALL HEARD …