hello everybody we are learning English from great people to inspire us to live better lives
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posted today
one of the greatest men and speeches of all time
the speech is called I have a dream
and it was given by this man here Martin Luther king junior
the speech was ranked the top
meaning the best
American speech
of the 20th century
and when they say 20th century they mean from 1900
to the year 2000
the speech was about racism
and how to stop it
in the United States and around the world
250,000
people were there to see it
the speech was given at the Lincoln memorial in Washington D.C. right here
where this beautiful reflecting pool is
here you can see the Lincoln memorial
dedicated to the president that ended slavery
in 1863
his name was Abraham Lincoln
and there's a shot of the reflecting pool of water
here is a picture of
the President Abraham Lincoln who ended slavery
he is on the penny or 1¢
coin in America
Martin Luther king junior
was born on January 15, 1929 and he died
on April 4, 1968 he was killed by an assassin
he fought for these two words civil rights which means equality
and fairness
or rights
for everybody
it's interest in his father named him in honor of the German reformer Martin Luther
and Martin Luther changed
the Christian
church
that's Martin Luther
right there
he started the reformation
Martin Luther king received the Nobel peace prize
in 1964 for his great work
and there you can see him
receiving the Nobel prize
for peace he was the man of the year in time magazine
so that's our biography today
Martin Luther king junior
who did so much for the world to help out for freedom rights and so many people around the world I have many more biographies
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