Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Sacramento in 1967. Here’s what he said

While we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day Monday with the annual “March for the Dream” and other events, we can also reflect in many ways what the civil rights leader touched and shaped lives. Some of those were in attendance at a speech in Sacramento 59 years ago.

King spoke to a stadium crowd of more than 6,0000 at what was then Sacramento State College, on Oct. 16, 1967, passionately advocating for non-violence and equality. He would be assassinated less than six months later in Memphis, Tennessee…

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