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The DC Traveler

August 28th, 2008

MLK’s "I have a Dream" Speech

On a warm night on August 28 in 1963, the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom rally in Washington, DC drew over 250,000 people to the National Mall.
After the march, which ended at the Lincoln Memorial, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic 11-minute “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps.  […]

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April 4th, 2008

April 4, 1968 - MLK’s Assassination and the DC Riots

Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who was shot dead in Memphis by James Earl Ray.
Within hours of his murder, Washington, DC was poised for one of the most explosive urban riots in American history.

The Washington, DC headquarters of Dr. King’s Southern Christian […]

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