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09 February 2022

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‘You could hear a pin drop’ when MLK began to speak

‘You could hear a pin drop’ when MLK began to speak


In honor of Black History Month, this story recounts one woman’s experiences at the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. It was there that charismatic young civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the 16-minute “I Have a Dream” speech that has become one of the most famous orations of the civil rights movement and human history. by Ruth Osborn managing editor Barbara Manuel

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