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Posted by: Matthew Barton
Even if you have been to the Recorded Sound Research Center of the Library of Congress in person, most of you never met Larry Miller, a longtime staff member of the section who died suddenly on September 26th. But if you have used the Library’s recorded sound holdings in some way, whether as a researcher …
Posted in: Jukebox, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has been seen and heard countless times since he gave it on August 28, 1963 at the climax of the March on Washington, and a review of the radio coverage of it, including the prelude and aftermath can bring us closer to the whole experience of that day in its many parts, and maybe even to grasp the feelings of the marchers themselves.
Posted in: Civil Rights, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Radio, Recorded Sound, Recorded Sound Research Center