You also can learn more about Arizona's history surrounding MLK Day in a story by KTAR. You can listen to the speech and read a transcript here. That speech recording is now available for public consumption through the ASU Library. spoke to a standing room only audience in SMUs McFarlin Auditorium after accepting an invitation from the SMU. The speech primarily concerns the Memphis sanitation strike. One of those tapes had a recording of the aforementioned speech. King spoke on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee. There was no record of this speech until 2014, when a Phoenix woman found some old tapes donated by local civil rights leader Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. In his speech, King mentioned the filibuster taking place that was keeping the bill from being passed. "The bill must pass and it must pass soon if our nation is to maintain its health," he said. This was just days before the Senate passed the Civil Rights Act on June 19. King gave a speech titled "Religious Witness for Human Dignity" at Arizona State University on June 3, 1964. He is best known for his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. But there is one speech he delivered that was not discovered until 2014, and it was right here in Arizona. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are. is notably one of the most prominent faces of the civil rights movement.
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