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"I have a dream"

At Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC

August 28th 1963

Freedom speech

Assassinated in a hotel by James Earl Ray with a Remington 760 Gamemaster

His assassination starts many riots in the big American cities all around the USA

Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968

In the final years of his life, he focused on the poverty and the Vietnam War

He didn't had time to realize the occupation because of his assassination

He planned a national occupation of Washington DC

He shouted his "Beyond Vietnam" speech in 1967

In 1965, he organized the Selma to Montgomery marches

He organized the March in Washington in 1963

He organized non-violent protests in 1962, Birmingham, Alabama

The media talk a lot about this event

There was brutal police response

In eleven years (from 1957 to 1968):

He talked over 25,000 times

He traveled over 6 million miles

He wrote 5 books

Posthumous prizes

Congressional Gold Medal 2004

Presidential Medal of Freedom 1977

Nobel Peace Prize 1964

He gave the money he won (54,123$) to the furtherance of the civil right movement.

Died in April 4th 1968

In Memphis, Tennessee

At 39 years old

Born Michael but changed to Martin

Born January 15th 1929

In Atlanta, Georgia