Martin Luther King Day commemorates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., the influential American civil rights leader. King is most renowned for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the USA. His most famous address was the "I Have A Dream" speech and it is often cited as one of the most influential speeches ever made.
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The American Civil Rights Movement
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Speeches and speech-making
Learn more to access more details of Speeches and speech-makingThis free course, Speeches and speech-making, explores an aspect of language use where 'voices' and 'texts' converge: the art of speech-making.
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Race and Ethnicity Hub
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'J'ai un reve' was the display in a French church in Normandie in 2004 with pictures of Martin Luther King. It is good to know that people around the world have been inspired by the speech of this great leader.
Meg Gilks - 10 October 2018 1:45pm
This speech is still motivating years after it was spoken by Rev Martin Luther King. The repetition emphasised the title, reinforcing the message. A message contained in a dream which years later bacme reality However around the world, South Africa for example, the dream is still to be fulfilled.