Collector Talks Importance of New King Audiotape

Dr. King responds to a question about non-violence, “if one is truly non-violent, that person has a loving spirit and refuses to inflict injury upon the opponent.”

Stephon Tull found the reel-to-reel while cleaning out the attic in his father’s Chattanoga, Tennessee, home.

The elder Tull can be heard interviewing Dr. King for a memoir.

“You’ve used the term non-violence and Christian love, exactly what does this,” ask Tull.

Now living in hospice care, Stephon Tull’s father can’t recall any of the interview.

The crisp audio sound is a reminder of Dr. King’s long standing philosophy, says Keya Morgan:

“It’s just really unbelievably to hear him first hand discuss non-violence and Christian love and then he gets into several different amazing things. His Africa trip was incredible and most scholars and historians didn’t know much about that.”

Morgan specializes in historical manuscripts and artifacts.

His gallery owns the audiotape.

Morgan says he’s hoping a museum or academic institution will purchase the rare find.