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Martin Luther King
Have the words of Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech become a reality? If so how.
1xtra looks at his famous speech to mark the 40th anniversary since Martin Luther King was assassinated. 

Kano, Bashy and Ali Shaheed Muhammed from A Tribe Called Quest comment on the civil rights leader's style, delivery and message.

  See the I Have A Dream speech in full

We go to the streets of Harlem plus we hear from Martin Luther's son Dexter Scott-King and Jesse Jackson.
Do you think Martin Luther's 'I have a dream' words have come true? Do you agree with Martin Luther's philosophy of turn the other cheek? Or do you think Malcolm X got it right?


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BBC History: Martin Luther King
BBC Religion & Ethics: Martin Luther
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