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I Have A Dream, By Martin Luther King Jr.

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“I have a dream…” This is the beginning of a speech called I have a dream, by Martin Luther King Junior. Martin Luther is a very respectable man and a good role model for young kids. This is because he supported equality for men and women of all colors, is a religious leader and a speaker who stood up for what he thought was right. For instance, Martin Luther King Jr. Supported equal rights and freedom. Firstly, he has been in the civil rights movement since the 1950s. Luther has made many impassioned speeches and nonviolent protests to fight segregation. He also worked in Chicago on segregating housing. Martin Luther’s idea was to protest against Jim Crow laws to extend media coverage of the struggle for black equality and voting rights. In fact, he won Nobel Peace Prize for fighting with racial equality and a nonviolent resistance. After Martin Luther died, he was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom and The Congressional Gold medal. …show more content…

Once he said, “ I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know that tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I’m happy tonight, I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. My eyes have seen the glory of the coming Lord.” Just as aid in this quote Martin Luther isn’t afraid to put his belief out there. Most of the civil rights he works for are based on his Christian beliefs. Over 11 years, 1957 to 1968, he traveled over 6,000,000 miles and gave over 2 1/2 thousand speeches. Martin Luther was also the president of Southern Christian leadership Conference in 1957. Their ideas in the organization came from Christianity. He was also a pastor for Dexter Avenue Baptist church in Montgomery,

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