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Meeting Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Center Street resident recalls family friend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Aired 02/07/2025

REEL SOUTH

Meeting Martin Luther King, Jr.

Clip: Season 10 Episode 1002 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions

A Center Street resident recalls family friend Martin Luther King, Jr.

A resident of Birmingham’s Center Street (aka Dynamite Hill) recalls family friend Martin Luther King, Jr. and how conversations in his backyard sparked nationwide activism.

Aired 02/07/2025

Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.

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Survivors of Birmingham’s bombings work to transform the city’s painful history. (17s)

The Smell of War

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Birmingham's Center Street was nicknamed Dynamite Hill because it was bombed over 50 times. (1m 4s)

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