Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last Speech Pleading to Preserve our First Amendment Rights

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Last Speech Pleading to Preserve our First Amendment Rights

Juan Cole 01/21/2013

In his last speech before being assassinated, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. complained about unjustified curbs on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly:

It has only gotten worse.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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