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Nearly 40 years ago, Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. During his visit, he met with the President of the United States in the Oval Office. Can you guess the name of the president? To find out, visit Spot's Today and Yesterday Album.
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The national Martin Luther King Day of Service was started by former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis, who co-authored the King Holiday and Service Act. The federal legislation challenges Americans to transform the King Holiday into a day of citizen action through volunteer service in honor of Dr. King. The federal legislation was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 23, 1994. Since 1996, the annual Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service has been the largest event in the nation honoring Dr. King.[10]
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In SCLC meetings, King often faced disagreements with his lieutenants and advisors over organization, tactics, and campaigns. He received little initial support for his idea to launch the Poor People's Campaign. Within the civil rights movement of the 1960s, King was not universally accepted as its leader and spokesman. Roy Wilkins, his NAACP, and its strategy of seeking change through legislation and court action were in constant competition with King, his SCLC, and its nonviolent direct confrontation for the support of blacks and white integrationists.
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During the demonstrations, King was arrested and sent to jail. He wrote a letter from his jail cell to local clergymen who had criticized him for creating disorder in the city. His “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” which argued that individuals had the moral right and responsibility to disobey unjust laws, was widely read at the time and added to King’s standing as a moral leader.
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Late in 1967 King directed his organization to begin laying the groundwork for what would be known as the Poor People's Campaign. He wanted to recruit the poor from urban and rural areas--men and women of all races and backgrounds--and lead them in a campaign for economic rights. The recruited poor, trained in nonviolent direct action, would descend on Washington, D.C., and begin a three-month campaign of marches, rallies, sit-ins, and boycotts to pressure the Johnson administration and leading businessmen to put a more human face on American capitalism.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council approved on Dec. 6, 2004, a special committee’s primary recommendation to change the name of Airport Road to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and ... have separate street signs underneath with the designation “Historic Airport Road.”
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