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  2. A Song Flung Up to Heaven - Wikipedia

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    Paul Laurence Dunbar, whose poetry inspired both the titles of Angelou's first and sixth autobiographies in her series. Angelou returned to the same poem she based the title of Caged Bird upon for the title of A Song Flung Up to Heaven, from the third stanza of the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem "Sympathy".

  3. How Long, Not Long - Wikipedia

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    "How Long, Not Long" is the popular name given to the public speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech after the completion of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965. [1] The speech is also known as "Our God Is Marching On!" [2]

  4. MLK (song) - Wikipedia

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    "MLK" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the tenth and final track on their 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. An elegy to Martin Luther King Jr. , it is a short, pensive piece with simple lyrics ("Sleep/Sleep tonight/And may your dreams /Be realized/If the thundercloud/Passes rain/So let it rain/Rain down on me").

  5. Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech: Full text - AOL

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    SEE MORE: 8 Martin Luther King Jr. quotes that raise eyebrows instead of sanitizing his legacy But August 28 was not the first time King had uttered the most famous four words from his remarks ...

  6. Poetry from Daily Life: A poem influenced MLK's 'Dream ... - AOL

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    Poet and educator Nile Stanley shares a story — and the poem it inspired — about a student recital during tough times. Poetry from Daily Life: A poem influenced MLK's 'Dream' speech, can teach ...

  7. Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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    King's first funeral took place on April 5, 1968, at R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King's closest aides contacted Robert Lewis Jr.—a local funeral director who had first met King two days prior—to retrieve the body and prepare it for viewing.

  8. Book excerpt: After MLK death, RFK 'poured his heart out' - AOL

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    As riots erupted and smoke billowed from black neighborhoods in the wake of Martin Luther King's assassination, Robert F. Kennedy met with black activists, politicians and celebrities in a hotel ...

  9. Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin ...

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    The Landmark for Peace Memorial, installed in 1995 in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park near the site where the speech took place in Indianapolis, includes sculptures of King and Kennedy. [ 24 ] In 2018, the audio of the speech was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally ...