The American Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, made the whole world sit up and take notice when he delivered this historic speech in Washington.
His speech would lead, eventually, to the end of racial segregation in the United States and have an impact far beyond America.
Our world is ever changing but there have been a few events, big ideas, that have had a profound effect on the world in which humanity lives.
The need to protect our environment, great scientific breakthroughs and the ever controversial subject of religion have all shaped the world we kive in and the people we have become.
Jesse Jackson the renowned campaigner against racial inequality talks about the abolition of slavery and the long fight for equality
After 246 years of legal slavery and brutal exploitation, the promises were made for full citizenship, the right to marry for the first time, for the right to an education and the right to own land.
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