Ep. 1: Earl Caldwell

They say “journalism is the first rough draft of history.” Perhaps no one knows that better than Earl Caldwell. On April 4, 1968, then a reporter for The New York Times, Caldwell was the only reporter to witness the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Unapologetically ATL mark the 54 anniversary of King’s murder, we open our podcast series, “The Voices of King,” with Caldwell’s first-hand account from that evening. Caldwell was one of 13 people that The AJC sat down with in 2008, on the 40th anniversary of King’s death, to record their stories. Starting Thursday, we will re-release these interviews as a 13-part podcast hosted by Multimedia Journalist Ryon Horne. Please subscribe to the Voices of King from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,  Stitcher, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices