Christian missionaries spread the belief of the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, Ottoman invaders contributed Islam, and refugees from persecution brought Judaism.
King spoke these words in Detroit, two months before he addressed a crowd of nearly 250,000 with his resounding "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs on August 28, 1963.Several of King's staff members actually tried to discourage him from using the same "I have a dream" refrain again.
