"It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down Woodward Avenue with more than 100,000 people and delivered the first major public iteration of his "I Have A Dream" speech, two months before he did it in Washington."

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Source : "Super Bowl Commercial Inspires Maraniss To Write About Detroit's Better Times". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. January 14, 2016.

David Maraniss

#Dream Quotes #Kings Quotes #June Quotes

“It is right that people should have a statuary right to holidays and a maximum working week. It is right that part-time workers should have the same equality when it comes to hourly rates.”
“My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.”
“I mean, everyone agrees with stress tests for banks. I mean that's clear. But banks should do that on their own. And they should worry about their own capital functioning. That's what they should do. It shouldn't be a government function.”

Source : "Economic Debate: Laffer vs. Liesman". "The Kudlow Report" Larry Kudlow, www.cnbc.com. February 26, 2009.
“When you live alone, you can be sure that the person who squeezed the toothpaste tube in the middle wasn't committing a hostile act.”
“East India Company weren't an evil organization that went around deliberately oppressing people, but they were driven by profit, and how familiar is that now?”
“Getting even throws everything out of balance.”
“Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.”

Source : Joseph J. Ellis (2004). “His Excellency: George Washington”, p.41, Vintage
“Pele is the greatest player in football history, and there would only be one Pele in the world.”

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