Clio dreamed of... a dream

Clio dreamed...

Martin Luther King during his famous speech. US NAtional Archives and Records Administration ARC 542069

.... a day just like today, August 28th 1963, a young baptist clergyman, Martin Luther King, climbed to the stage to adress a quarter million people demostrating at the Lincoln Monument, in Washington D.C. His brief speech -just 17 minutes long- marked a touchpoint in the fight for civil rights and against racism both in the United States and the rest of the World. Luther King had a dream, and the World changed.

 ..que tal día como hoy, un 28 de Agosto de 1963 un joven pastor baptista, Martin Luther King, sube al estrado para dirigirse a un cuarto de millón de personas reunidas ante el monumento de Lincoln, en Washington. Su brevísimo discurso  -duró 17 minutos- marcó el momento culminante de la lucha por los derechos civiles y contra el racismo, tanto en Estados Unidos como en el resto del mundo. Luther King tuvo un sueño, y el mundo cambió.

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Here you may find information about Martin Luther King.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King

This link is about the Birmingham Campaing, and the historical context in which Luther King's adreessed his speech.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign

Here you have a link to a youtube video of the speech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nU89icevgU

Finally, a link with the audio of the speech and its transcription.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm