March 31, 2021
“Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.”
On the stormy night before he was killed, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a church in Memphis, Tenn. in a speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” Nearly 20 yrs after his death, America celebrated its first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in 1986. You can read/listen to two of MLK Jr’s most famous speeches on source page.
Background of “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
Here is the speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave the night before he died:CLICK HERE
‘I Have A Dream’ Speech, In Its Entirety
More from SmartHER News on the evolution of the MLK Jr. Holiday: CLICK HERE
by Jenna Lee,
