Martin Luther King Jr. 'The American civil rights activist'


"I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream – one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream ...

—Martin Luther King Jr. (1963)

Its been exactly 57 years today since martin Luther king Jr, an american civil rights activist had delivered a speech to 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of Lincoln memorial in Washington during the march on Washington for jobs and freedom in 1963.

It was there he called out for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Luther king's speech invokes pivotal documents in American history as it was widely hailed as a masterpiece of rhetoric. These pivotal documents include; The declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation, and the United States constitution. 

King was the sixteenth out of eighteen people to speak that day, according to the official program.


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