Dr. Martin Luther King's Speech

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Today I am half way up to Washington to listen to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s speech. I had to travel super far because I live in Texas and lord knows how many stops I needed to take to get gas for my Ford Thunderbird. (It’s new!!!) I came up here to listen to the speech just out of curiosity.I’ve heard things about what he’s said and done, but I don’t exactly know if their true. Me and my family, they live on a farm, I’ve been born and raised there. It’s pretty good having 200 acres to yourself, but you gotta know what hard work is. I have some black friends in school and their super duper ooper sweet and I don’t understand why they have to drink from separate water fountains as me and why they had to go to different bathrooms than me if

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