MLK Speech, Have a Dream, and Day 2010
Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous I Have a Dream speech was delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom rally on August 28, 1963. Over 200,000 civil rights supporters gathered to hear one of the greatest speeches ever delivered. The following quotes from I Have a Dream and other noteworthy sermons are inspirational and moving.
Students across the Salem-Keizer School District are learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and the history behind the civil-rights movement’s struggle for equality.
Last week and this week, teachers are using today’s holiday to relate diversity and King’s quest for equality to different subjects: from race as a way to learn about fractions to King’s speeches as a way to learn literary techniques.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes prove this man had a way with words, a special means of conveying ideas and having people look at the world with a new perspective.
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2010, it’s an appropriate time to revisit some of his most memorable quotes, which continue to inspire today.
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