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MLK Tape Lost For 45 Years And Found Again

This month marks the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Now, thanks to a quirk of fate, some of his most stirring words are getting a whole new hearing, as CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports.

The halls of the University of Dayton field house echoed with the voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. The November 1964 speech was powerful and passionate in its optimism.

"I must say that we have come a long, long way in the struggle to make civil rights a reality," King said that day.
Read entire article at CBS News