King’s Assassination Eve Speech Read Out Loud in Boston
Dozens of speakers took turns reading short passages of Martin Lither King Jr.’s last speech before his assassination, 50 years ago. “The readers consisted of a range of people as youn as 5 years old to as old as 91,” reports former governor Deval Patrick. Even after his passing, King’s speeches still resonate with us today, as they did half a century ago.the event was put together by the Boston Mountaintop Project and its director Kevin Peterson says “the speeches’s themes of racial and economic inequality make it timeless.”
This article is centered around the idea of standing up for social injustice. This relates to the Civil Rights Movement when leaders such as MLK were protesting to be heard.an important idea that this article emphasizes is the fact that King’s words will always stay relevant as we constantly continue to battle the cycle of oppression.
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