Martin luther king
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Martin Luther King Jr
"I Have a Dream" is a seventeen minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., in which he called for racial equality and an end todiscrimination. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a definingmoment of the American Civil Rights Movement. Delivered to over 200,000 civil rights supporters, the speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a1999 poll of scholars of public address. According to U.S. Representative John Lewis, who also spoke that day as the President of the Student Non-Violent CoordinatingCommittee, "Dr. King had the power, the ability, and the capacity to transform those steps on the Lincoln Memorial into a monumental area that will forever berecognized. By speaking the way he did, he educated, he inspired, and he informed not just the people there, but people throughout America and unborn generations.
(January 15,1929-April 4, 1968) was born Atlanta, Georgia, and Jr. He died in Memphis, but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure aspastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death MartinLuther acted as co-pastor.
He worked in a church and also did a big role in the civil rights of black people in us. He also helped make marches to end the war ofVietnam.
That both wanted to defend their color and wanted justice. They both were people that cared about the others. They both wanted to make the civil rights good.
"I Have a Dream" is a seventeen minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., in which he called for racial equality and an end todiscrimination. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a definingmoment of the American Civil Rights Movement. Delivered to over 200,000 civil rights supporters, the speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a1999 poll of scholars of public address. According to U.S. Representative John Lewis, who also spoke that day as the President of the Student Non-Violent CoordinatingCommittee, "Dr. King had the power, the ability, and the capacity to transform those steps on the Lincoln Memorial into a monumental area that will forever berecognized. By speaking the way he did, he educated, he inspired, and he informed not just the people there, but people throughout America and unborn generations.
(January 15,1929-April 4, 1968) was born Atlanta, Georgia, and Jr. He died in Memphis, but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure aspastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death MartinLuther acted as co-pastor.
He worked in a church and also did a big role in the civil rights of black people in us. He also helped make marches to end the war ofVietnam.
That both wanted to defend their color and wanted justice. They both were people that cared about the others. They both wanted to make the civil rights good.
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