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Six months before he was assassinated, King spoke to a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967. I want to ask you a question, and that is: What is your Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered this speech speaking to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967. This speech is also popularly known by the title “WHAT’S YOUR LIFE’S BLUEPRINT?” Below is the full text (Edited version) of the speech by Dr. King. Listen to the MP3 Audio here: Martin Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Jr. delivered some of the most famous, most eloquent speeches in American history. His best-known speeches, thouoh, were given on a national stage, about national issues. For this activity, read the primary source excerpt of his speech and answer the questions. Highlighters will be provided in order to find answers. SOURCE: King, Martin L. "Speech." Barratt Junior High School, 26 Oct. 1967, Philadelphia, www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/whatisyourlifesblueprint.htm. Speech reprinted in A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students, part of the King Legacy Series, published by Beacon Press. This is the first Six months before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, and asked What Is Your Life's Blueprint? Addressing the students, he observed: 'This is the most important and crucial period of your lives. Enjoy this brief motivational speech that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave to Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia in 1967. In 20 minutes, Dr. King encourages the youngsters to be proud of their skin color and their hair and not let it hold them back. The speaker: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Cornell Chronicle · MLK_30s_Speech_Remastered He delivered the remarks at a moment when he had just come to national prominence and was emphasizing the connections between workers’ rights and civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King has inspired us to live our best lives with intention, meaning, and purpose. In one of his many eloquent speeches, he questions, “What is in your life’s An excerpt of a speech delivered to students at Barratt Junior High (Philadelphia – October 26, 1967), nine years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was stabbed in Harlem, NY (1958) And I want to suggest some of the things that should be in your life’s blueprint. That was pretty much what the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., asked an auditorium full of Philadelphia junior high students back in October of 1967 – just six months before he was assassinated on a Memphis motel balcony in April of 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered this speech speaking to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, nine years after he was stabbed in Harlem, NY in 1958. This speech is also popularly known by the title “WHAT’S YOUR LIFE’S BLUEPRINT?” Below is the full text (Edited version) of the speech by Dr. King. Full text to the "I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Junior I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Please contact Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), the exclusive licensor of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. at licensing@i-p-m.com or 404 526-8968. Screenshots are considered by the King Estate a violation of this notice. As we pause to reflect on the awesome legacy of Martin Luther King Jr, and the work that remains to us, I find myself going back to one of the reverend's less well-known speeches. Most of us have read or watched or even studied his "I Have A Dream" speech, and it is fantastic and inspirational, and rhetorically brilliant. But I find Mr. King's speech, given to an assembly of junior high school From KNOWOL: “This inspirational video of a Martin Luther King Jr. speech features rarely seen footage of Martin Luther King, Jr., giving a motivational speech to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967. King tells the children that they are at a very important time in their lives, when they must [] Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” speech to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia. In it, he lays out three important steps to follow in order for the students to reach their full potential, no matter their status life, and calls on them to actively commit to the struggle for freedom and justice. King’s words Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Excerpt - October 26, 1967 “Your blueprint must be a commitment to the eternal principles, of beauty, love and justice.” Rarely seen footage of Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, where he delivered his speech "What Is Your Life's He stands in front of the hall and asks – what is your life’s blueprint? Remembering Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King Day commemorates one of the most influential speakers of the 20 th century, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement who spread messages of non-violence to all who listened. As the embodiment of freedom, justice The words in this speech, encouraged me, further directing my steps toward my new path. I feel worthy and full of purpose through the art of writing. I now leave you with Mr. King’s magnificent speech that so ever impacted my adult life. What is Your Life’s Blueprint? By Martin Luther King, Jr.
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