ued to grow. In 1962, with the first large-scale public protest against racial discrimination, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a dramatic and inspirational speech in Washington, D.C. after, a long march of thousands to the capital. The possibility of riot and bloodshed was always there, but the marchers took that chance so that they could accept the responsibilities of first class citizens. "The Negro," King said in this speech, "lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity and finds himself an exile in his own land." King continued stolidly: "it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality." When King came to the end of his prepared text, he swept right on into an exhibition of imprompt!
             u oratory that was catching, dramatic, and inspirational.
             "I have a dream," King said. The crowd began cheering, King, never pausi
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