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Monday, January 17, 2011

Martin Luther King "I have a dream"

17 January 2011 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. Every year, citizens around the United States take a day off to honor the birthday of civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. who, at age 35 was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was assassinated on 04 April 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a federal holiday in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. It was first observed on the 20th of January, 1986.  In 1992, President George HW Bush declared that the holiday would be observed every year on the third Monday of January. Below is the speech for which Dr. King is best known...

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