MLK Delivers I've Been to the Mountaintop: His Last Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech in Memphis, predicting his own death while rallying support for striking sanitation workers. This address galvanized the movement's resolve just hours before his assassination, sealing his legacy as a martyr who forced the nation to confront racial injustice with renewed urgency.
April 3, 1968
58 years ago
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