Martin Luther King Jr.’s Badass Speech That Everyone Forgot About

“I have a dream” wasn’t Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s only great speech. In this excerpt, MLK talks about how freedom and self-respect are never given, but must be unapologetically taken.

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Rollie Williams

Jan 8, 2013

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dtDyUxlhaik

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