Martin Luther King Jr.’s transistor radio

Wow. Here is the transistor radio owned by Martin Luther King Jr. Not exactly a history of the button, but a cool piece in the history of technology. I can picture him listening to a baseball game, Hank Aaron up to bat.

MLK Jr. transistor radio

Saw this in an exhibit located in Terminal E of the Atlanta airport. They also had his marked up copy of Gandhi.

I’d like to see Buckminster Fuller’s radio.

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