A previously unknown recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., discovered last December by Pacifica Radio Network, will be aired on 91.3 KBCS.

Audio of the speech will be broadcast for the first time since its discovery on Democracy Now! heard on at 6 a.m., 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19. KBCS is licensed to Bellevue College.

The recently discovered audio of Dr. King is from a speech delivered in London on Dec. 7, 1964. Pacifica Radio Network discovered the recording last December and verified it as the only known recording of the 62-minute speech. This is also thought to be the only known recording of a comprehensive public statement by Dr. King on apartheid in South Africa.

Dr. King delivered the speech at City Temple Hall in London where he had been invited to speak on South Africa. He also discusses the history of slavery, Supreme Court rulings, Greek philosophy, nonviolent resistance, misunderstandings about the doctrine of loving ones’ enemies, the legislative process of desegregation in America, registration of black voters, and ending bigotry throughout the planet.

The taped recording was made by Saul Bernstein, identified as a “Pacifica European Correspondent.” In order to not lose any of the speech while changing tapes, he used a “half-track format” with half of the speech recorded in one direction on half of the tape and the rest of the speech recorded on the other half of the tape going the opposite direction. The entire speech was converted to digital format by the Pacifica Radio Archives staff, who corrected sound distortions.

For information on purchasing copies of the speech, visit kbcs.fm.