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OnApril 3, 1968 gave a prophetic speech in front of a large crowd at a blackchurch in Memphis, Tennessee. The next night he stepped out onto the balcony ofhis motel and at 6pm was shot in the neck. In 1983 president Ronald Reagansigned a bill making Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday a federal holiday.Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday in memory and honor ofa man who changed the world, a man who fought for rights and stayed peacefuland confident even when he and his friends were beaten and imprisoned.

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