BMA: Black Media Archive

Episode 321: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

09.12.2012 - By The BMAPlay

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On May 17, 1957 in Washington, D.C. hoping to prod the federal government to fulfill the promise of the three-year-old Brown v. Board of Education decision, national civil rights leaders called for a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Speaking last, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave this speech titled "Give Us the Ballot".

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