Martin Luther King: Speech Contributors
Global figures celebrate Dr King's legacy by reading sections of the speech which resonate with their own experiences and aspirations.
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American author and poet, Northern coordinator for Dr King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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American musician, singer and songwriter. Campaigner for Martin Luther King’s birthday to become a national holiday in the US.
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Awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Martin Luther King Award and jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to the peace process in Northern Ireland.
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President of Liberia and the first female Head of State in Africa, Nobel Peace Laureate and campaigner for women’s rights.
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Nelson Mandela's first granddaughter speaking for him.
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Israeli author and peace campaigner.
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Soon to become Baroness Lawrence, the mother of murdered British teenager Stephen Lawrence.
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Musician and activist who performed at the 1963 March on Washington.
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Chilean-American novelist, playwright, journalist and human rights activist.
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Indian peace campaigner and environmentalist.
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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the first female President of Ireland.
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Venezuelan economist, educator, and musician.
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Human rights lawyer, Iran’s first female judge, Nobel Peace Laureate.
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Palestinian lawyer, novelist and political activist.
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Nobel Peace Laureate and Bangladeshi microcredit economist.
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Chinese human rights and democracy campaigner, imprisoned for over 18 years.
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Anti-apartheid campaigner, appointed by Nelson Mandela to serve as a judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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Sixteen-year-old student and education activist from Swat in Pakistan, shot by the Taliban for going to school.
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The last surviving member of the big six leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement, who spoke at the March on Washington on 28th August 1963.