AP Exclusive: Unheard King audio found in attic

Published August 21, 2012 4:00am ET



NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An audio tape of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recorded in 1960 and then mostly forgotten captures him talking about the civil rights movement and relations with Africa.

Stephon Tull tells The Associated Press he recently found the nearly pristine reel-to-reel recording in his father’s attic in Chattanooga. His father interviewed King for a never-written memoir.

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