A new video

Cynthia has put up on to YouTube a video which she has been working on for some time, and has finally gotten it to a place where she feels she can release it "to the public" so to speak. She shared an earlier version of it with her older students at the Marlboro School, and they really liked it. It is called Meeting Dr. King" and it features my son, John, myself, and videos and audio recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and it tells the story of a time in April, 1967, when John (who was six years old) and I met Dr. King in Providence, RI. I was a chaplain at Brown University at the time, and I had the opportunity to drive to the Providence airport, pick up Dr. King (and his colleague, Andrew Young) and bring them back to the Brown University campus where Dr. King was scheduled to address the Brown community the following morning. I took John with me, and this gave us the opportunity to be in the car with Dr. King for the 15-20 minute ride back to the campus - a rare opportunity and one we were very privileged to have. John has a vivid memory of Dr. King reaching back from the front seat and shaking his hand and giving him his full attention. Cynthia has done a great job of intertwining her interviews with John and me with still photos, videos of Dr. King and audio recordings of his speaking - one of us might be quoting something he said of importance to us, and then you are hearing Dr King speaking those very same words. If you want to see/hear the full video, you can go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxsgntirBhk.

Dr. King addressing a huge gathering on the Washington, D.C. Mall

John and me, a photo taken at Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, but at about the time we met Dr. King.

John, from the video

Me, from the video