... added momentum and provided the Black community with a new sense of pride, dignity and a spirit of working together. The Blacks walked cheerfully sometimes in the rain, and very often for great distances. Some rode mules through the streets or drove horse-and-wagon rigs. Others rode in taxicabs, whose owners had agreed to let passengers ride at bus fare rates. But ... to blacks' oppression, he said. He pointed out that whites had joined the movement, and many of them were at the rally that day. According to Fairclough, 1995 Abandoning the notes, he passionately began to share his dream....

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• Grade Level: High School