I know there is a Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, honoring the civil rights leader on his birthday. But maybe that honor should have been set on this date instead. On August 28, 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream Speech" to a crowd of more than 200,000 people in Washington, D.C. (March organizers said 300,00.)
Here is the New York Times account of the march and speech:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0828.html#article
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Published on August 28, 2009 13:36