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28th August 1963: Martin Luther King Jr declares ‘I Have a Dream’
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:53
Publish Date: 2017-08-27 21:05:06
Description: On the 28th August 1963, American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. The sixteenth of eighteen speeches given by different people as part of the March On Washington, ‘I Have a Dream’ is regularly described as one of the best speeches of the Twentieth Century. Designed to demonstrate mass support for President Kennedy’s Civil Rights legislation, the March on Washington saw approximately 250,000 people from across the United States converge on the National Mall. Taking place on the centenary of ...
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