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Things MLK said (other than I Have a Dream) (Original Post) live love laugh May 2021 OP
In the "Dream speech" before that part he spoke... electric_blue68 May 2021 #1

electric_blue68

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1. In the "Dream speech" before that part he spoke...
Wed May 19, 2021, 10:39 AM
May 2021

he talked about - he didn't say "bill" I think but the idea that that the bill was long over due for African Americans.

He spoke out against the Vietnam Wat in '67 at ? the Riverside Church in NYC.

He championed the Poor People's March.

He was so loved and SO hated back then! (still loved and hated today)

I was a teen then, and paying attention.

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