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[https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/oct/19 by eji 19/10/1960] | [https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/oct/19 by eji 19/10/1960] | ||
On October 19, 1960, 52 individuals, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were arrested in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, after refusing to leave their seats at segregated department store lunch counters. | On October 19, 1960, 52 individuals, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were arrested in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, after refusing to leave their seats at segregated department store lunch counters. | ||
=====The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/speech-the-story-behind-kings-dream by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT 1961] | |||
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his powerful speech on August 28, 1963. Sixty years later, the speech endures as a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement and remains a beacon in the ongoing struggle for racial equality. | |||
