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Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr., born in 1929 in Atlanta, became a key figure in the American civil rights movement after advocating for equality following Rosa Parks' case. His most notable moment came during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, where he delivered his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech, calling for an end to racial injustice. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his efforts in promoting civil rights and equality.

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Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr., born in 1929 in Atlanta, became a key figure in the American civil rights movement after advocating for equality following Rosa Parks' case. His most notable moment came during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, where he delivered his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech, calling for an end to racial injustice. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his efforts in promoting civil rights and equality.

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Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta. He worked as a preacher till
his thirties when, after the case of Rosa Perkins, he decided to start fighting for
equality. Thanks to his excellent oratory skills, he managed to emerge as a
prominent figure in the American civil rights movement.

A few fundamental events of his life occurred on the 28th of August, 1963, with
the staging of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where
approximately 250,000 individuals converged on Washington DC, the nation's
capital, rallying for equality and justice for the Black community, and on the 14th
October 1964, when he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize at Oslo, in Norway.
The culmination of the march of 1963 took place at the Lincoln Memorial, a
structure built to pay homage to Abraham Lincoln, famous for his work against
slavery.

During the march, he addressed the historical injustices faced by Black


individuals from way back to the era of slavery to that same year. In the middle
of his oration, the renowned singer Mahalia Jackson urged him, saying, 'Tell
them about the dream, Martin.' This marked the commencement of the
segment of the speech that later that later earned its iconic title, 'I have a
dream.'
Speaking to the crowd, he declared these words:
‘I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today
and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American
dream... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of
their character... and when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from
every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able
to speed up that day when all of God’s children, Black men and White men, Jews
and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the
words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’

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My famous speech

Name Martin Luther King

Date 28th of August, 1963

Place Washington DC

Occasion March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Topic Civil rights movement, Equality, Economic


inequality, Segregation, Voting rights

Main Ideas Addressing historical injustices faced by the


Black citizens

Famous “I have a dream”; “Injustice anywhere is a


Quotations threat to justice everywhere”

Link for (above)


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