Here are some materials to celebrate today’s holiday:
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In order to look to the future, it is often necessary to get a clear picture of the past. In order to know where we are going, it is often necessary to see from whence we have come. |
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• Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963) |
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• March on Washington “I Have a Dream” (1963) |
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• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (1964) |
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• “The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi” Calvin Trillin’s encounter with Martin Luther King, Jr. on a flight to Mississippi for The New Yorker (1964) |
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• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press to discuss his historic five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (1965) |
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• “Where Do We Go From Here?” delivered at the 11th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, discusses boycotts, power, and love (1967) |
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• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Speech “I Have Been to the |
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• Additional Context for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” (1968) |