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A biographical film about Martin Luther King Jr, and the civil rights movement. Footage of MLK giving his “Be the best street sweeper you can be.” speech to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia in 1967. He speaks about school desegregation. He mentions the little rock nine and the university of Mississippi. He talks about the American Dream and freedom. The students listen somberly and intensely.