This Black History Month we continue to take a Rewind In Time with host Bryant Monteilh's archives. At the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedication originally planned for August 2011 in Washington DC, Bryant met those who walked with Dr. King in life and at the moment of his assassination on that balcony in Memphis.
Before You Go hosts Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh take A Rewind In Time with more of Bryant's treasured archives--this time while on assignment with WVON in Chicago. At the feet of the 30ft Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial statue on display in Washington DC, Bryant's microphone captured the memories of Andrew Young, Rev Jesse Jackson, Dr Joseph Lowery, Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., educator Erma Williams and other visitors. It is the riveting testimony from the witness, Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles, that provides a rare account of those final moments of Dr. King's life--from before The Mountaintop speech till his assassination in Memphis on the balcony where he decided to linger a little longer before going to dinner with friends.
This episode first aired on KBLA Talk 1580 in Los Angeles.