Martin Luther King was the moral conscience of our country at a time when some still failed to follow the fundamental principles of basic human dignity contained in our constitution and that we claimed to live by.
Click here to listen to his "I Have A Dream" speech.
The speech was given on August 28, 1963 in Washington, DC, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The speech is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The next year, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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