Article 72Y8J Never-before-seen home video is earliest footage of Martin Luther King: ‘What a gift!’

Never-before-seen home video is earliest footage of Martin Luther King: ‘What a gift!’

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Patrick Parr
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In a brief scene, the undergraduate known as ML stands with his then girlfriend, a white woman named Betty Moitz

Several years ago, near Chester, Pennsylvania, Jason Ipock's aunt was looking to downsize now that she had retired. In her possession was a collection of old family home videos that took up too much room.

Some of the films were in worn-out film canisters, and Ipock worried they'd soon be unplayable. I decided that I should have the family films digitized, so that we'll always have a copy in the event of a catastrophe," he said.

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