Wanda Sykes performs Dr. Martin Luther King’s THE OTHER AMERICA

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Audible announced the release of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s THE OTHER AMERICA performed by Wanda Sykes, as a free download. This speech is an early look at THE RADICAL KING, a collection of twenty-three of Martin Luther King Jr.’s essays and speeches, curated and introduced by Cornell West, and performed by some of the most charismatic and activist actors working today including Levar Burton, Mike Coulter, Colman Domingo, Danny Glover, Gabourey Sidibe, Wanda Sykes, and Michael Kenneth Williams. The full collection will be available exclusively from Audible on April 3^rd, 2018.

“Reading Dr. King’s words was extremely daunting, but if this would introduce his lesser known works to more people, then I needed to do it. I tried to channel what the words meant to me, and what he meant to me,” said Sykes. Her powerful performance delivers King’s compassion, outrage, insight, and vulnerability like few others could—and reminds us all of the relevance his words still have today, and can be downloaded free at www.audible.com/theotheramerica.

The Radical King is revealing collection of essays and speeches that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X.

Much of America did not know the radical King—and too few know today—but the FBI and US government did. They called him “the most dangerous man in America.”The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people. The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one word: revolution—a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. — from the Introduction, written and performed by Cornell West.

These essays and speeches remain extremely relevant even, and especially today.  This collection marks the first time that the Martin Luther King Estate has allowed a dramatic interpretation of King’s words.

​In a rousing speech on race, poverty, and economic justice—given less than a year before his assassination— Martin Luther King Jr. drives home the mission behind his Poor People’s Campaign. It is a clear-eyed look at the disparity of wealth in America, what it means for people of all colors— and a message of inspiration dedicated to the power of the people.

“And I say, if we will stand and work together, we will bring into being that day when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. We will bring into being that day when America will no longer be two nations, but when it will be one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

Free download available at www.audible.com/theotheramerica.