The Typewritten Speech

The discovery of the audio file sheds new light on another publicly owned document—the typewritten speech delivered by Dr. King that evening, now in the collection of the New York State Archives. It is now evident that the editing marks made on the speech were made by Enoch Squires, the audio engineer who made the recording. Presumably, he marked the document after listening to the recorded speech. The handwriting on the speech is identical to Squires’ labels and notes made on his audio tape collection, donated to the State Museum.

Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 1-2
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Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 3-4
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Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 5-6
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Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 7-8
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Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 9-10
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Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 11-12
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Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 13-14
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Martin Luther King Jr. 1962 Typewritten Speech, edits by Enoch Squire, pages 15-16
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Download Transcript of Dr. King's 1962 Speech

This new transcription is based solely on the recording of Dr. King’s spoken words.