“I have a dream”

The blood, sweat and tears behind history’s iconic speech

DEFINING MOMENT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR’S SPEECH, 28 AUGUST 1963 A defining moment in the American Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr’s speech to over 250,000 helped galvanise support for change. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR American, 1929-1968 Brief Bio Born in Atlanta and allegedly named after the German religious reformer Martin Luther, King was a bright student, skipping the ninth and 12th grades and enrolling at college without formally completing high school. The son of a reverend, King was initially sceptical of religion but changed his mind and entered the seminary. He fought for civil rights, with his “I have a dream” speech arguably his most iconic moment. He was assassinated aged 39. Martin Luther King, the pastor who believed in nonviolent protest, addressed the hundreds of thousands of…

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