During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. twice visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to deliver speeches. He spoke at the Wisconsin Union Theater on March 30, 1962, and at the Stock Pavilion on Nov. 23, 1965 — about a year after receiving the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
Both speeches were covered at the time by John Patrick Hunter of the Cap Times, whose articles are republished below in recognition of Black History Month. The articles have been lightly edited for clarity but are otherwise preserved. The Cap Times no longer uses the word “Negro” except in rare quotations and in the names of organizations.
Saturday, March 31, 1962, edition of the Cap Times
Dr. Martin Luther King, well-known Southern Negro leader, charged here Friday night that “the churches still remain the major segregated institutions in America” and said that “the Sunday schools are the most segregated schools in the nation.”
Dr. King delivered the second annual Jonas Rosenfield lecture before an overflow audience at the Memorial Union Theater. The talk was sponsored by the Union Forum Committee…