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Martin luther king jr speech7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() All tyrants, past, present, and future, are powerless to bury the truths in these declarations, no matter how extensive their legions, how vast their power and how malignant their evil. The first of these documents is the Declaration of Independence and the other is that which we are here to honor tonight, the Emancipation Proclamation. If our nation had done nothing more in its whole history than to create just two documents, its contribution to civilization would be imperishable. It is that quest which distinguishes man from the lower animals. Mankind through the ages has been in a ceaseless struggle to give dignity and meaning to human life. King discussed the history and importance of the Emancipation Proclamation and its failures to truly free African Americans, as well as what the nation needed to do to create full equality: In the 26-minute speech, King spoke of the inequality that African Americans still faced in the 1960s – and which we, unfortunately, still grapple with to some extent today. 12, 1962, at the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City. In November 2013, an intern at the New York State Museum in Albany uncovered the only known recording of a speech delivered by Dr. Our House First Time Home Buyer’s Series.Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Lost' 1962 Speech - The Washington Informer Close ![]()
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