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MARTIN LUTHER KING: "I HAVE A
DREAM, THAT ONE DAY, ON THE RED
HILLS OF GEORGIA, THE SONS OF
FORMER SLAVES AND THE SONS OF
FORMER SLAVE OWNERS, CAN SIT
DOWN TOGETHER AT THE TABLE OF
BROTHERHOOD, I HAVE A DREAM."
DARLENE:
WHILE MOST OF THAT SPEECH WAS
SCRIPTED...A LOT OF DR KING'S
WORDS THAT DAY WERE AD
LIBS....WORDS THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE FELT... ON THIS DAY 56
YEARS AGO-
A CROWD OF ROUGHLY 250-THOUSAND
PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL TO
HEAR MARTIN LUTHER KING SAY
THOSE FAMOUS WORDS, "I HAVE A
DREAM."
DARLENE:
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON WAS A
PIVOTAL MOMENT IN OUR NATION'S
HISTORY- NOT ONLY BRINGING THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO THE
FOREFRONT OF NATIONAL
CONVERSATION, BUT IT ALSO
PRESSURED
CONGRESS TO PASS THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ACT- WHICH THEY DID THE
FOLLOWING YEAR.
MARK:
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAS
MURDERED IN 19-68- AND ONE YEAR
LATER THE FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY
WAS DEDICATED IN HIS NAME. THAT
LIBRARY, WAS RIGHT HERE IN
COLUMBUS.
MARK:
THAT DEDICATION WAS GIVEN BY
MARTIN LUTHER KING SENIOR.
AND WHILE IT MAY NOT BE IN THE
SAME LOCATION-
THE LIBRARY STILL CONTINUES TO
GROW.
THIS PAST FALL, A NEW BRANCH WAS
OPENED-
TOTALING 18-HUNDRED SQUARE FEET,
THIS BRANCH, WAS DEDICATED BY
MARTIN LUTHER KING THE THIRD, 49
YEARS AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER DID
THE SAME.
DARLENE:
NEW YEAR, NEW COACH, NEW
