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‘I have a dream’: 12 HISD students participate in 25th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratory Competition Published:  Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – Today, the world celebrates civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. King’s fight for equal rights and social justice has been an inspiration for people of all generations. The delivery of King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963 will forever be a moment in our history that inspired change and brought about unity across the globe, even after his assassination in 1968. The speech has inspired several generations in Houst...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Twelve Houston Independent School District students shared their 2021 vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech during the district's annual oratory competition Friday, which also happened to be King's birthday. He would have turned 92. This year, students answered the question, "How do you think Dr. King's teachings can help us today?" Fourth and fifth grade HISD students delivered original, three to five minute speeches inspired by the late civil rights leader. Students were judged on delivery, stage presence, content interpretation, and memoriz...