5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list

4 of Martin Luther King Jr.'s most memorable speeches

On April 4, 1968, shortly after 6 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray while standing on the balcony outside the now memorialized Lorraine Motel room 306. In the early months of 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked on a campaign to lobby on behalf of the poor. While planning a march in Washington, D.C. to urge Congress to pass further Civil Rights legislation, King was called to Memphis, Tennessee to assist in a sanitation workers’ strike. African American san

As #MLK Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Today, we celebrate him, along with the women who worked tirelessly by his side but are often left out of the history books. Their work is a reminder of how the actions of a few can truly change the world. 💪 | The Female Quotient

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