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1967: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, Martin Luther King Jr.'s anti-Vietnam War speech at Riverside Church in New York City. 1967: Vive le Québec libre ("Long live free Quebec"), a phrase ending a speech by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal, Canada. The slogan became popular among those wishing to show their support for ...
"Why We Must Go to Washington,"; speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at a staff retreat at Ebenezer Baptist Church, February 15, 1968 Atlanta, GA The only reference to this speech is located in the SCLC archives for MLK speaks, the speech in its entirety ran during Episodes 6807 & 6808. [142] February 16 "Things are not Right in this Country"
An introduction by Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., states that Gandhi and King each "discovered an idea whose time had long since come," [8] but that only with Gandhi as a Political Strategist do we have a single volume providing "an in-depth analysis of Gandhi's political strategy and its relevance for social struggle ...
But it was Dr. King's iconic "I Have a Dream" speech that immediately took its place as one of the greatest in U.S. history. SEE MORE: 8 Martin Luther King Jr. quotes that raise eyebrows instead ...
A visitor looks closely at the original copy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in ...
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister [2] Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech at the March Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine; Annotated text of John Lewis's original speech with changes; March on Washington 50th Anniversary Oral History Project, District of Columbia Public Library; Color photos from 1963 March on Washington, Collection by CNN; Video. John Lewis's speech
Martin Luther King Jr. responded to Wallace's inaugural address with a series of speeches. In the first three months of 1963 he traveled to 16 different cities, speaking about the need to take action against the injustices of segregation. [20] Later that year, King gave his historic I Have A Dream speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.