I’ve Been to the Mountaintop Speech (1968): MLK’s Final Address Explained
The Memphis sanitation strike, economic justice, rhetoric and biblical meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.’s April 3, 1968 Mountaintop speech.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr I Have a Dream Speech 1963: History, Structure and Meaning
Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 I Have a Dream address is often remembered as a general appeal to harmony. Its original setting makes it more demanding: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom sought civil rights, equal access.